Randomized clinical trial of an implantable drug delivery system

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2800-2801

  Davis, Mellar P ^a   Walsh, Declan ^a   Lagman, Ruth ^a   LeGrand, Susan B ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NOTE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0041629449     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.99.003     Document Type: Letter

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