Mild, moderate, or severe pain categorized by patients with cancer with bone metastases

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 850-854

  Chow, Edward ^a,b   Doyle, Meagan ^a   Li, Kathy ^a   Bradley, Nicole ^a   Harris, Kristin ^a   Hruby, George ^a   Sinclair, Emily ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33747891032     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.850     Document Type: Article

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