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catherine sweeney

university college cork
Verified email at ucc.ie
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Methadone use in cancer patients with pain: a review

E Bruera, C Sweeney - Journal of palliative medicine, 2002 - liebertpub.com
In recent years a better understanding of the pharmacologic and pharmacokinetic properties
of methadone, including equianalgesic ratios has led to its increased use as a second line …

Notch and vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype

D Morrow, S Guha, C Sweeney, Y Birney… - Circulation …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
The Notch signaling pathway is critical for cell fate determination during embryonic
development, including many aspects of vascular development. An emerging paradigm …

Cachexia and asthenia in cancer patients

E Bruera, C Sweeney - The lancet oncology, 2000 - thelancet.com
Over the past 10 years, there have been major advances in the understanding of cancer
cachexia and asthenia. These common complications of cancer are now thought to be the …

Patient preferences versus physician perceptions of treatment decisions in cancer care

E Bruera, C Sweeney, K Calder, L Palmer… - Journal of clinical …, 2001 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: To examine patient preferences as well as physician perceptions of these
preferences for decision making and communication in palliative care. PATIENTS AND …

[PDF][PDF] Methadone versus morphine as a first-line strong opioid for cancer pain: a randomized, double-blind study

E Bruera, JL Palmer, S Bosnjak, MA Rico… - Journal of Clinical …, 2004 - academia.edu
Methadone Versus Morphine As a First-Line Strong Opioid for Cancer Pain: A Randomized,
Double-Blind Study Page 1 Methadone Versus Morphine As a First-Line Strong Opioid for …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of a half-day multidisciplinary symptom control and palliative care outpatient clinic in a comprehensive cancer center on recommendations, symptom …

F Strasser, C Sweeney, J Willey… - Journal of pain and …, 2004 - Elsevier
To characterize a new, one-stop multidisciplinary palliative care (MD) clinic which offers
standardized multidisciplinary assessment, specific care recommendations, patient and …

Cyclic strain inhibits Notch receptor signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro

D Morrow, C Sweeney, YA Birney… - Circulation …, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Notch signaling has been shown recently to regulate vascular cell fate in adult cells. By
applying a uniform equibiaxial cyclic strain to vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), we …

[HTML][HTML] Medical school attrition-beyond the statistics a ten year retrospective study

BM Maher, H Hynes, C Sweeney, AS Khashan… - BMC medical …, 2013 - Springer
Background Medical school attrition is important-securing a place in medical school is
difficult and a high attrition rate can affect the academic reputation of a medical school and …

Notch 1 and 3 receptors modulate vascular smooth muscle cell growth, apoptosis and migration via a CBF‐1/RBP‐Jk dependent pathway

C Sweeney, D Morrow, YA Birney, S Coyle… - The FASEB …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) fate decisions (cell growth, migration, and apoptosis)
are fundamental features in the pathogenesis of vascular disease. We investigated the role …

Place of death and its predictors for local patients registered at a comprehensive cancer center

E Bruera, N Russell, C Sweeney, M Fisch… - Journal of Clinical …, 2002 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: To help with planning of a palliative care program, we reviewed the place of
death of patients who were registered at our comprehensive cancer center and explored …