Spinal analgesia: Where is the evidence?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1237-

  Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Hui, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NEOPLASMS; PAIN;

EID: 84755160707     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0881-2     Document Type: Letter

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