Prospective, observational study of pain and analgesic prescribing in medical oncology outpatients with breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1980-1988

  Fisch, Michael J ^a   Lee, Ju Whei ^b   Weiss, Matthias ^c   Wagner, Lynne I ^d   Chang, Victor T ^e,f   Cella, David ^d   Manola, Judith B ^b   Minasian, Lori M ^g   McCaskill Stevens, Worta ^g   Mendoza, Tito R ^a   Cleeland, Charles S ^a  

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

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861746473     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.39.2381     Document Type: Article

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