Alcoholism screening in patients with advanced cancer: Impact on symptom burden and opioid use

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 964-968

  Parsons, Henrique A ^a   Delgado Guay, Marvin Omar ^a   El Osta, Badi ^a   Chacko, Ray ^a   Poulter, Valerie ^a   Palme, J Lynn ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DROWSINESS; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT CANCER; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51849161546     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0037     Document Type: Article

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