Worst, Average or Current Pain in the Brief Pain Inventory: Which Should be Used to Calculate the Response to Palliative Radiotherapy in Patients with Bone Metastases?

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 523-527

  Harris, K ^a   Li, K ^a   Flynn, C ^a   Chow, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; brief pain inventory; radiotherapy; response rates

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547504856     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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