Prostate cancer: Palliative care and pain relief

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-315

  Kaya, E ^a   Feuer, David ^a,b,c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pain relief; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DIHYDROCODEINE; LAXATIVE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DROWSINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; FAMILY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR;

HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 16644399094     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500747     Document Type: Review

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