The Patient with Difficult Cancer Pain
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Incident Pain
3. Neuropathic Pain
4. Psychological Distress
5. Cognitive Status
6. Pain Intensity
7. Aberrant Behaviors
8. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Mercadante, S. The Patient with Difficult Cancer Pain. Cancers 2019, 11, 565. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers11040565
Mercadante S. The Patient with Difficult Cancer Pain. Cancers. 2019; 11(4):565. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers11040565
Chicago/Turabian StyleMercadante, Sebastiano. 2019. "The Patient with Difficult Cancer Pain" Cancers 11, no. 4: 565. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers11040565