Update on Prevalence of Pain in Patients with Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1070-1090.e9

  Van Den Beuken Van Everdingen, Marieke H J ^a   Hochstenbach, Laura M J ^a,b   Joosten, Elbert A J ^a,c   Tjan Heijnen, Vivianne C G ^a,d   Janssen, Daisy J A ^a,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Centre of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; meta analysis; prevalence; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PREVALENCE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84973102519     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.12.340     Document Type: Review

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