Phase III placebo-controlled trial of capsaicin cream in the management of surgical neuropathic pain in cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2974-2980

  Ellison, Neil ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^a   Kugler, John ^a   Hatfield, Alan K ^a   Miser, Angela ^a   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Wender, Donald B ^a   Rowland, Kendrith M ^a   Molina, Roy ^a   Cascino, Terrence L ^a   Vukov, Allen M ^a   Dhaliwal, Harbhajan S ^a   Ghosh, Chirantan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030789893     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.8.2974     Document Type: Article

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