Pain and Neuropathy in Cancer Survivors: Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy can cause pain; research could improve its detection and treatment

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Polomano, Rosemary C ^a,b   Farrar, John T ^b  

^a Department of Pain Practice ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33644845246     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200603003-00015     Document Type: Review

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