Publications by authors named "Samy Alsirafy"

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Authors' Reply to the Letter to the Editor by Giusti et al: Olanzapine for Cachexia-Short-Term Benefit, Long-Term Questions.
Nada O Othman, Samy A Alsirafy

J Natl Compr Canc Netw· November 2025

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Olanzapine for Anorexia in Patients With Incurable Cancer and Cachexia (OlAnCa): A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial.
Nada O Othman, Hesham H Abdel-Aal, Wessam A Elsherief, Dina E Farag, Catherine N Hunter, Samy A Alsirafy

J Natl Compr Canc Netw· July 2025

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Relieve the suffering: palliative care for the next decade.
William E Rosa, Stephen Connor, Ghauri Aggarwal, Samy Alsirafy, Joanne Brennan

Lancet· May 2025

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Palliative care journal publications by country as a metric for palliative care development level.
Samy A Alsirafy, Somaia M A Mousa

BMJ Support Palliat Care· December 2024

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Burden, Depression and Quality of Life in Carers of Newly Diagnosed Advanced Cancer Patients in Egypt.
Rofida A M El-Sherif, Ahmed H Shaban, Fatma A Abbas, Samy A Alsirafy

J Pain Symptom Manage· May 2024

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Does hematology rotation impact the interest of internal medicine residents in considering hematology as a career?
Mamoun Hassan Sharief, Assem A Elghazaly, Abdullah Mohammad Al Abbas, Raed Saleh Al Basri, Samy A Alsirafy

BMC Med Educ· March 2024

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Transdermal fentanyl to parenteral morphine route switch and drug rotation in refractory cancer cachexia.
Samy A Alsirafy, Saad H Alabdullateef, Ashraf M Elyamany, Amneh D Hassan, Mohammed Almashiakhi

BMJ Support Palliat Care· July 2022

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Diagnosis Disclosure Preferences of Cancer Patients in Egypt: A Multi-Institutional Cross-Sectional Study.
Ahmed Abdel-Hafeez, Hadeer I Abdel-Aziz, Ahmad Hassan, Dina E Farag, Wessam A El-Sherief, Samy A Alsirafy

Am J Hosp Palliat Care· July 2022

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Contribution of Eastern Mediterranean Region countries to palliative care journals from 1991 to 2020 and its relationship to the development of palliative care.
Samy A Alsirafy, Amneh D Hassan, Mahmoud Y Sroor, Ismail Samy, Somaia M A Mousa

BMC Palliat Care· July 2022

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Not Telling Patients Their Cancer Diagnosis in Egypt: Is It Associated With Less Anxiety and Depression and Better Quality of Life?
Samy A Alsirafy, Hadeer I Abdel-Aziz, Hesham H Abdel-Aal, Wessam A El-Sherief, Dina E Farag

JCO Glob Oncol· June 2022

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Mirtazapine in Cancer-Associated Anorexia and Cachexia: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial.
Catherine N Hunter, Hesham H Abdel-Aal, Wessam A Elsherief, Dina E Farag, Nermine M Riad, Samy A Alsirafy

J Pain Symptom Manage· December 2021

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Caregiver burden among family caregivers of incurable cancer patients in two eastern Mediterranean countries.
Samy A Alsirafy, Radfan Nagy, Amneh D Hassan, Radwa Fawzy, Ahmad A M Abdelhafeez

BMC Palliat Care· October 2021

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Reliability and validity of the Arabic translation of the palliative performance scale.
Ahmed A M Abdelhafeez, Nafie F Makady, Ola Hafez, Catherine N Atallah, Samy A Alsirafy

Palliat Support Care· October 2020

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Preferred Place of Death for Patients With Incurable Cancer and Their Family Caregivers in Egypt.
Samy A Alsirafy, Ahmad M Hammad, Noha Y Ibrahim, Dina E Farag, Omar Zaki

Am J Hosp Palliat Care· May 2019

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Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Treatment of Chemotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis.
Soheir Shehata Rezk-Allah, Heba Mohamed Abd Elshaf, Reem Jan Farid, Mohamed Abd Elrahman Hassan, Samy A Alsirafy

J Lasers Med Sci· February 2019

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Psychiatric and functional neuroimaging abnormalities in chronic hepatitis C virus patients: Is vasculitis a contributing factor?
Hania S Zayed, Amr Amin, Samy Alsirafy, Nahla D Elsayed, Soheir Abo Elfadl

Arab J Gastroenterol· June 2018

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Cancer diagnosis disclosure preferences of family caregivers of cancer patients in Egypt.
Samy A Alsirafy, Shady S Abdel-Kareem, Noha Y Ibrahim, Mohamed A Abolkasem, Dina E Farag

Psychooncology· November 2017

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Timing and Outcome of Referral to the First Stand-Alone Palliative Care Center in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the Palliative Care Center of Kuwait.
Khaled Al-Saleh, Ahmad Al-Awadi, Najla A Soliman, Sobhy Mostafa, Mohammad Mostafa, Samy A Alsirafy

Am J Hosp Palliat Care· May 2017

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Emergency Department Visits at the End of Life of Patients With Terminal Cancer: Pattern, Causes, and Avoidability.
Samy A Alsirafy, Ahmad A Raheem, Abdullah S Al-Zahrani, Amrallah A Mohammed, Mohamed A Sherisher

Am J Hosp Palliat Care· August 2016

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The Use of the Chuang's Prognostic Scale to Predict the Survival of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Systemic Anticancer Therapy.
Samy A Alsirafy, Omar Zaki, Amr Y Sakr, Dina E Farag, Wessam A El-Sherief

Indian J Palliat Care· August 2016

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High Symptom Burden Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Incurable Cancer in a Developing Country.
Samy A Alsirafy, Hesham H Abd El-Aal, Dina E Farag, Riham H Radwan, Wessam A El-Sherief

J Pain Symptom Manage· May 2016

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The fear of using tramadol for pain control (tramadolophobia) among Egyptian patients with cancer.
Samy A Alsirafy, Radfan N Saleh, Radwa Fawzy, Ahmed A Alnagar, Ahmed M Hammad

J Opioid Manag· March 2016

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Voluntary reporting to assess symptom burden among Yemeni cancer patients: common symptoms are frequently missed.
Samy A Alsirafy, Khalil A Al-Alimi, Salem M Thabet, Afif Al-Nabhi, Nahla A Aklan

J Community Support Oncol· March 2016

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A shortage of oral morphine in Egypt.
Samy A Alsirafy, Dina E Farag

Bull World Health Organ· January 2016

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Heart rate variability measurement: is there a role in predicting the admission outcome of palliative cancer patients?
Samy A Alsirafy

Ann Palliat Med· January 2015

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