Cancer-related pain: A pan-European survey of prevalence, treatment, and patient attitudes

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1420-1433

  Breivik, Harald ^a   Cherny, N ^b   Collett, B ^c   de Conno, F ^d   Filbet, M ^e   Foubert, A J ^f   Cohen, R ^g   Dow, L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^f Erasmushogeschool Brussel   (Belgium)

^g Mundipharma   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Chronic pain; Europe; Impact of pain; Survey; Treatment of pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONSTIPATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69449094354     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdp001     Document Type: Article

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