Time course of pain relief in patients treated with radiotherapy for cancer pain: A prospective study

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-42

  Nomiya, Takuma ^a   Teruyama, Kazuhide ^b   Wada, Hitoshi ^a   Nemoto, Kenji ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Iwai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Neoplasms; Pain; Pain relief; Radiotherapy; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DICLOFENAC; ETODOLAC; FENTANYL; LOXOPROFEN; MELOXICAM; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RATING SCALE; RIB; SOMNOLENCE; SUPPOSITORY; THORAX WALL; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTEBRA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 74049160907     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181b0c82c     Document Type: Article

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