Pilot evaluation of scrambler therapy for pain induced by bone and visceral metastases and refractory to standard therapies

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1649-1654

  Notaro, Paolo ^a   Dell’Agnola, Carlo Alberto ^a   Dell’Agnola, Alessandro J ^a   Amatu, Alessio ^a   Bencardino, Katia Bruna ^a   Siena, Salvatore ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calmare ; Electroanalgesia; Metastatic bone and visceral pain; Scrambler therapy; Untreatable cancer pain

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROANALGESIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCRAMBLER THERAPY; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISCERAL METASTASIS; ANALGESIA; BONE TUMOR; COMPLICATION; METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84959179079     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2952-x     Document Type: Article

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