Under- or overtreatment of pain in the patient with cancer: How to achieve proper balance

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1721-1726

  Paice, Judith A ^a   Von Roenn, Jamie H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OPIATE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; AWARENESS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY; FEAR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LIBIDO DISORDER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONCOLOGIST; ONCOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBFERTILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84905821356     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.52.5196     Document Type: Review

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