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- Title
Neuropathic cancer pain: Prevalence, severity, analgesics and impact from the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative–Computerised Symptom Assessment study.
- Authors
Rayment, Clare; Hjermstad, Marianne J; Aass, Nina; Kaasa, Stein; Caraceni, Augusto; Strasser, Florian; Heitzer, Ellen; Fainsinger, Robin; Bennett, Michael I
- Abstract
The article discusses the pain of neuropathic cancer patients. It states that the patients were treated with more analgesics than with nociceptive cancer pain. Computer assessment on symptoms, functions and quality of life was recorded. It was found that physical, cognitive and social function was worse in patients with neuropathic cancer. The sensitivity and specificity of pain DETECT for identifying neuropathic cancer pain was less accurate than when used in non-cancer populations.
- Subjects
CANCER pain treatment; CANCER pain; ANALGESICS; NEURALGIA; SCIENTIFIC observation; PALLIATIVE treatment; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH funding; U-statistics; PREDICTIVE tests; CROSS-sectional method; KARNOFSKY Performance Status; NOCICEPTIVE pain; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Palliative Medicine, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 8, p714
- ISSN
0269-2163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269216312464408