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List of works by Kyriaki Mystakidou

A Greek perspective on concepts of death and expression of grief, with implications for practice

scientific article published on December 2003

A Systematic Review of Sexuality and Depression of Cervical Cancer Patients

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

A prospective randomized controlled clinical trial of zoledronic acid for bone metastases

scientific article published on January 2006

A test of the psychometric properties of the cancer locus of control scale in Greek patients with advanced cancer

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Activities of daily living in Greek cancer patients treated in a palliative care unit

scientific article published on May 29, 2012

Advanced Cancer Patients' Perceptions of Dignity: The Impact of Psychologically Distressing Symptoms and Preparatory Grief

scientific article published on 07 March 2018

Approaches to managing bone metastases from breast cancer: the role of bisphosphonates

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Assessing spirituality and religiousness in advanced cancer patients

scientific article published on December 2006

Attachment orientations of Greek cancer patients in palliative care. A validation study of the Experiences in Close Relationships scale (ECR-M16).

scientific article published on July 2016

Attitudes of health care professionals, relatives of advanced cancer patients and public towards euthanasia and physician assisted suicide

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

Brief cognitive assessment of cancer patients: evaluation of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) psychometric properties

scientific article published on April 2007

Cancer information disclosure in different cultural contexts

scientific article published on March 2004

Candidate gene investigation of spinal degenerative osteoarthritis in greek population.

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Caregivers of advanced cancer patients: feelings of hopelessness and depression

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Caregivers' attachment patterns and their interactions with cancer patients' patterns

scientific article published on 03 July 2014

Comparison of octreotide administration vs conservative treatment in the management of inoperable bowel obstruction in patients with far advanced cancer: a randomized, double- blind, controlled clinical trial.

scientific article published in March 2002

Comparison of pain quality descriptors in cancer patients with nociceptive and neuropathic pain.

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Comparison of the impact of radiotherapy and radiochemotherapy on the quality of life of 1-year survivors with cervical cancer

scientific article published on July 6, 2011

Comparison of transdermal fentanyl with codeine/paracetamol, in combination with radiotherapy, for the management of metastatic bone pain

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Complementary Therapies for Patients with Cancer: Reflexology and Relaxation in Integrative Palliative Care. A Randomized Controlled Comparative Study

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Death and Grief in the Greek Culture

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Demographic and clinical predictors of preparatory grief in a sample of advanced cancer patients

scientific article published on September 2006

Demographic and clinical predictors of spirituality in advanced cancer patients: a randomized control study

scientific article published in July 2008

Depression as a Mediator or Moderator Between Preparatory Grief and Sense of Dignity in Patients With Advanced Cancer

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

Depression as mediator and or moderator on the relationship between hopelessness and patients' desire for hastened death

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Depression, hopelessness, and sleep in cancer patients' desire for death

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Desire for death near the end of life: the role of depression, anxiety and pain

scientific article published in July 2005

Does quality of sleep mediate the effect of depression on hopelessness?

scientific article published on August 1, 2009

Duration of bisphosphonate treatment: results of a non-randomised study in patients previously treated with local irradiation for bone metastases from breast cancer

scientific article published on June 2004

Elderly cancer patients' psychopathology: a systematic review: aging and mental health

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

Erythropoietic growth factors for children with cancer: a systematic review of the literature

scientific article published on November 2007

Ethical and practical challenges in implementing informed consent in HIV/AIDS clinical trials in developing or resource-limited countries

scientific article published on September 2009

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in cases of terminal cancer: the opinions of physicians and nurses in Greece

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Evaluation of epoetin supplemented with oral iron in patients with solid malignancies and chronic anemia not receiving anticancer treatment.

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Evaluation of instrumental activities of daily living in Greek patients with advanced cancer

scientific article published on March 2013

Exploring the relationships between depression, hopelessness, cognitive status, pain, and spirituality in patients with advanced cancer

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Factors Affecting Opioid Treatment in Cancer Patients

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Fentanyl nasal spray for the treatment of cancer pain

scientific article published on 24 May 2011

General perceived self-efficacy: validation analysis in Greek cancer patients

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Geriatric depression in advanced cancer patients: The effect of cognitive and physical functioning

scientific article published on June 14, 2012

Granulosa cell tumor of the ovary: tumor review

scientific article published on September 2008

Greek M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory: validation and utility in cancer patients

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Greek McGill Pain Questionnaire: validation and utility in cancer patients

scientific article published on October 2002

Hypothesis: Should prophylactic mastectomy be indicated for breast cancer in high risk women?

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Illness-related hopelessness in advanced cancer: influence of anxiety, depression, and preparatory grief

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Influence of pain and quality of life on desire for hastened death in patients with advanced cancer

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Intranasal fentanyl: from pharmacokinetics and bioavailability to current treatment applications

scientific article published on July 2010

Investigating the effects of TTS-fentanyl for cancer pain on the psychological status of patients naïve to strong opioids: an open label study

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Is there any potential clinical impact of serum phosphorus and magnesium in patients with lung cancer at first diagnosis? A multi-institutional study

scientific article published in January 2015

Life before death: identifying preparatory grief through the development of a new measurement in advanced cancer patients (PGAC).

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Long-term management of noncancer pain with transdermal therapeutic system-fentanyl

scientific article published on August 1, 2003

Long‐term cancer pain management in morphine pre‐treated and opioid naive patients with transdermal fentanyl

scientific article published on November 10, 2003

Octreotide long-acting formulation (LAR) in chronic loperamide-refractory diarrhea not related to cancer treatment.

scientific article published on May 2006

Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate for the treatment of breakthrough pain in cancer patients: an overview of its pharmacological and clinical characteristics

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Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate for the treatment of breakthrough pain in cancer patients: an overview of its pharmacological and clinical characteristics

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate in cancer pain management: a practical application of nanotechnology

scientific article published on January 2007

Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate: overview of pharmacological and clinical characteristics

scientific article published on July 2006

Oral versus intravenous ibandronic acid: a comparison of treatment options for metastatic bone disease

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Pain and desire for hastened death in terminally ill cancer patients

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Pain management of cancer patients with transdermal fentanyl: a study of 1828 step I, II, & III transfers

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Personal growth and psychological distress in advanced breast cancer

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Post-traumatic growth in advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care

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Prostate cancer presenting with normal serum PSA levels and boney metastases treated with zoledronic acid

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Psychological distress of patients with advanced cancer: influence and contribution of pain severity and pain interference

scientific article published on September 2006

Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Patient Dignity Inventory in Advanced Cancer Patients

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in Greek Nurses

scientific article published on 13 September 2018

Psychometric Properties of the Patients' Satisfaction Instrument FAMCARE-P13 in a Palliative Care Unit

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Psychometric analyses of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) scale in a Greek palliative care unit

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Psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale in Greek cancer patients

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Psychometric properties of the brief fatigue inventory in Greek patients with advanced cancer

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Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression in the Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients, Undergoing Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Randomized, open label, prospective study on the effect of zoledronic acid on the prevention of bone metastases in patients with recurrent solid tumors that did not present with bone metastases at baseline

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Relationship of general self‐efficacy with anxiety, symptom severity and quality of life in cancer patients before and after radiotherapy treatment

scientific article published on May 21, 2012

Reliability and Validity of the Greek Version of Patient Generated-Subjective Global Assessment in Cancer Patients

scientific article published on 13 July 2015

Samarium-153Sm-EDTMP as an equivalent variant to pharmaceutical analgesic treatment

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Screening for preparatory grief in advanced cancer patients

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Self-efficacy, depression, and physical distress in males and females with cancer

scientific article published on 11 September 2010

Sexuality and quality of life of patients with hematologic malignancy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a critical review

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Silent radiological imaging time in patients with brain metastasis

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Sleep quality in advanced cancer patients

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Splenic irradiation as palliative treatment for symptomatic splenomegaly due to secondary myelofibrosis: a multi-institutional experience

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

The "Palliative Care Quality of Life Instrument (PQLI)" in terminal cancer patients

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The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Greek cancer patients: psychometric analyses and applicability

scientific article published on 06 October 2004

The Mediation Effect of Anxiety Between Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Preparatory Grief in Advanced Cancer Patients

scientific article published on December 13, 2010

The attitudes of Greek physicians and lay people on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in terminally ill cancer patients

scientific article published on August 2006

The effect of cancer patients' attachment orientations on their satisfaction of medical care

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

The evolution of euthanasia and its perceptions in Greek culture and civilization

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The experience of hopelessness in a population of Greek cancer patients receiving palliative care

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The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients

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The impact of radiotherapy on symptoms, anxiety and QoL in patients with cancer

scientific article published on March 2015

The incidence of place of death in Greek patients with cancer in 1995 and 2005.

scientific article published on 8 April 2009

The influence of cancer impact on patients' preparatory grief

scientific article published on February 2009

The influence of sense of control and cognitive functioning in older cancer patients' depression

scientific article published on August 2014

The psychometric properties of the Greek version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory in cancer patients receiving palliative care

scientific article published on December 2009

The relationship between quality of life and levels of hopelessness and depression in palliative care

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The relationship of subjective sleep quality, pain, and quality of life in advanced cancer patients.

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The role of physical and psychological symptoms in desire for death: a study of terminally ill cancer patients

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The schedule of attitudes toward hastened death: validation analysis in terminally ill cancer patients

scientific article published on December 2004

Transdermal therapeutic fentanyl-system (TTS-F).

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Traumatic distress and positive changes in advanced cancer patients

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Use of TTS fentanyl as a single opioid for cancer pain relief: a safety and efficacy clinical trial in patients naive to mild or strong opioids

scientific article published on January 2002

Use of the Greek McGill Pain Questionnaire in cancer patients

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Well-Differentiated Hand Liposarcoma with Bone Metastases Treated Successfully with Zoledronic Acid

scientific article published on November 21, 2011

Where do cancer patients die in Greece? A population-based study on the place of death in 1993 and 2003.

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