Inadequate symptom control in advanced cancer patients across Europe

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2005-2014

  Laugsand, Eivor A ^a   Jakobsen, Gunnhild ^a   Kaasa, Stein ^a,b   Klepstad, Pål ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Constipation; Depression; Nausea; Opioid; Palliative care; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER CORE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE C30; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAUSEA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOMA; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83555160913     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1051-2     Document Type: Article

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