Palliative surgery for cancer pain

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-110

  McCahill, Laurence ^a   Ferrell, Betty ^b  

^a General Oncologic Surgery   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAGET BONE DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036206256     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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