Impact of pain flare on patients treated with palliative radiotherapy for symptomatic bone metastases

Journal of Pain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-406

  Hird, Amanda ^a   Wong, Rebecca ^b   Flynn, Candi ^a   Hadi, Stephanie ^a   De Sa, Eric ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   DeAngelis, Carlo ^c   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Impact; Pain flare; Qualitative survey

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 77955725283     PISSN: 19395914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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