Prepared by:
Southern California-RAND Evidence-based Practice Center
Santa Monica, CA
EPC Director
Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigators
Ian Coulter, Ph.D.
Mary Hardy, M.D.
EPC Director/Statistician
Sally C. Morton, Ph.D.
Expert Reviewers
Joya T. Favreau, M.D.
James Gagne, M.D.
S. Adelaide Coulter, R.N.
Jay Udani, M.D.
Elizabeth A. Roth, M.A.
Lara K. Jungvig, B.A.
Sydne Newberry, Ph.D.
Leigh Rohr
Louis R. Ramirez, B.A.
File Name Description Software Version File Size ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 81KB 9 pages Contents: Title Page, Acknowledgments, Preface, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 69KB 3 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Methodology, Findings, Conclusions, Future Research ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 69KB 5 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Purpose, Specific Aims, A Brief Review of the Use of CAM for Cancer Treatment ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 102KB 11 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Summary; A Best-Case Series; Study Design; Figure 1. Research Sequence and Tasks; Development of the Instruments; Research Staff; Data Sensitivity; Clinic Visits ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 1.1MB 81 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Overview of Case Review; Table 1. Status Report of Requested Materials (IAT); Table 2. Status Report of Requested Materials (Naltrexone); Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-1 Nodular Sclerosing Lymphoma Stage 1B; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-3 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Right Vocal Cord and Anterior Commissure; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-4 Metastatic Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-6 Poorly Differentiated Nodular Lymphoma; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-7 Peritoneal Mesothelioma; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-9 Ovarian Cyst Adenocarcinoma; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-11 Peritoneal Mesothelioma; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-19 Sigmoid Carcinoma (Dukes Stage C2); Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #1-22 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #2-10 Pancreatic Cancer Involving the Bile Duct; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #2-21 Melanoma; Cancer Best-Case Series Patient #2-22 Adenocarcinoma of the Endometrium With Extension into the Peritoneum ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 59KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Limitations of the Study ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 54KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 5: Future Research ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 69KB 2 pages Contents: References ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 395KB 20 pages Contents: Appendix A. CANCER-Best-Case Series Abstraction Form ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 25KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix B. Case Report Form ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 406KB 73 pages Contents: Appendix C. Patient Questionnaires ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12appd.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 94KB 12 pages Contents: Appendix D. Letter to Patients and Consent Forms ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13appe.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 684KB 88 pages Contents: Appendix E. Additional Cases Reviewed ________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 03-E030
Current as of April 2003
Internet Citation:
Best-Case Series for the Use of Immuno-Augmentation Therapy and Naltrexone for the Treatment of Cancer. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number Number 78. AHRQ Publication No. 03-E030, April 2003. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/imauginv.htm
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