Published in World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser on January 01, 1990
Dying from cancer in developed and developing countries: lessons from two qualitative interview studies of patients and their carers. BMJ (2003) 3.34
Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) Guidelines 2014 for treatment of colorectal cancer. Int J Clin Oncol (2015) 2.70
Effect of dignity therapy on distress and end-of-life experience in terminally ill patients: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol (2011) 2.56
Massage therapy versus simple touch to improve pain and mood in patients with advanced cancer: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.05
Quality care at the end of life in Africa. BMJ (2003) 1.92
A good death in Uganda: survey of needs for palliative care for terminally ill people in urban areas. BMJ (2003) 1.75
Dental expression and role in palliative treatment. Indian J Palliat Care (2009) 1.66
Perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers. CMAJ (2016) 1.64
How item banks and their application can influence measurement practice in rehabilitation medicine: a PROMIS fatigue item bank example. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2011) 1.64
Patient-reported outcomes: descriptors of nociceptive and neuropathic pain and barriers to effective pain management in adult outpatients with sickle cell disease. J Natl Med Assoc (2010) 1.63
Intraspinal techniques for pain management in cancer patients: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer (2010) 1.54
Palliative care for cancer patients in a primary health care setting: Bereaved relatives' experience, a qualitative group interview study. BMC Palliat Care (2008) 1.52
The need for palliative care in the management of heart failure. Heart (2002) 1.44
Beyond the definitions of the phenotypic complications of sickle cell disease: an update on management. ScientificWorldJournal (2012) 1.40
Proxy perspectives regarding end-of-life care for persons with cancer. Cancer (2008) 1.21
Physical exercise for cancer patients with advanced disease: a randomized controlled trial. Oncologist (2011) 1.21
The M-ANNHEIM classification of chronic pancreatitis: introduction of a unifying classification system based on a review of previous classifications of the disease. J Gastroenterol (2007) 1.19
Spirituality in general practice: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Br J Gen Pract (2011) 1.13
Palliative care, its need and role in cancer patients, in the Indian scenario. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol (2009) 1.11
Radionuclide Therapy of Bone Metastases. Breast Care (Basel) (2012) 1.09
Principles of control of cancer pain. BMJ (2006) 1.01
How oncologists and their patients with advanced cancer communicate about health-related quality of life. Psychooncology (2010) 0.98
Patient perspectives on participation in the ENABLE II randomized controlled trial of a concurrent oncology palliative care intervention: benefits and burdens. Palliat Med (2012) 0.96
Reliability and validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual (FACIT-Sp) for Japanese patients with cancer. Support Care Cancer (2004) 0.95
A survey on physician knowledge and attitudes towards clinical use of morphine for cancer pain treatment in China. Support Care Cancer (2009) 0.95
Quality of life in terminal care--with special reference to age, gender and marital status. Support Care Cancer (2005) 0.95
Does palliative care have a role in treatment of anorexia nervosa? We should strive to keep patients alive. BMJ (1998) 0.94
[What is the profile of palliative care in Germany. Results of a representative survey]. Schmerz (2004) 0.93
Opioid use determines success of videothoracoscopic splanchnicectomy in chronic pancreatic pain patients. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2007) 0.93
Lumbar microdiscectomy: subperiosteal versus transmuscular approach and influence on the early postoperative analgesic consumption. Eur Spine J (2008) 0.92
Experience of surgical morbidity after palliative surgery in patients with gastric carcinoma. Gastric Cancer (2007) 0.91
Value of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation with or without percutaneous vertebroplasty for pain relief and functional recovery in painful bone metastases. Skeletal Radiol (2011) 0.91
A validation study of the WHO analgesic ladder: a two-step vs three-step strategy. Support Care Cancer (2005) 0.91
Opioid-prescribing Practices in Chronic Cancer Pain in a Tertiary Care Pain Clinic. Indian J Palliat Care (2011) 0.91
Developing successful models of cancer palliative care services. Semin Oncol Nurs (2010) 0.91
An open-label, 1-year extension study of the long-term safety and efficacy of once-daily OROS(R) hydromorphone in patients with chronic cancer pain. BMC Palliat Care (2009) 0.91
Ultrasonography guided rectus sheath catheters versus epidural analgesia for open colorectal cancer surgery in a single centre. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2013) 0.90
Cancer patient attitudes toward analgesic usage and pain intervention. Clin J Pain (2012) 0.90
The clinical value of non-curative resection followed by chemotherapy for incurable gastric cancer. World J Surg (2012) 0.88
Next of kin's experience of powerlessness and helplessness in palliative home care. Support Care Cancer (2003) 0.88
[Palliative care in hematology: what is the future in Africa?]. Pan Afr Med J (2011) 0.87
Development of a brief survey to measure nursing home residents' perceptions of pain management. J Pain Symptom Manage (2008) 0.86
A randomized, double-blind comparison of OROS(R) hydromorphone and controlled-release morphine for the control of chronic cancer pain. BMC Palliat Care (2008) 0.86
Specialized home palliative care for adults and children: differences and similarities. J Palliat Med (2014) 0.86
An Ethical Argument for Integrated Palliative Care. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (2005) 0.85
Patterns of storage, use, and disposal of opioids among cancer outpatients. Oncologist (2014) 0.85
Tramadol and hyoscine N-butyl bromide combined in infusion solutions: compatibility and stability. Support Care Cancer (2006) 0.84
Defining mild, moderate, and severe pain in persons with multiple sclerosis. Pain Med (2012) 0.83
Peripartum pain management in opioid dependent women. Eur J Pain (2012) 0.83
Plasma-mediated radiofrequency ablation followed by percutaneous cementoplasty under fluoro-CT guidance: a case report. Cases J (2009) 0.82
'I want to feel at home': establishing what aspects of environmental design are important to people with dementia nearing the end of life. BMC Palliat Care (2015) 0.82
What symptom and functional dimensions can be predictors for global ratings of overall quality of life in lung cancer patients? Support Care Cancer (2007) 0.82
Frequency, outcome, and predictors of success within 6 weeks of an opioid rotation among outpatients with cancer receiving strong opioids. Oncologist (2012) 0.82
Effects of brief pain education on hospitalized cancer patients with moderate to severe pain. Support Care Cancer (2004) 0.81
Trends in the Aggressiveness of End-of-Life Care for Advanced Stomach Cancer Patients. Cancer Res Treat (2013) 0.81
Distress of inpatients with terminal cancer in Japanese palliative care units: from the viewpoint of spirituality. Support Care Cancer (2003) 0.80
Reasons for low quality of life in South Indian cancer patient population: a prospective observational study. Indian J Pharm Sci (2014) 0.80
Effectiveness and safety of oral extended-release oxymorphone for the treatment of cancer pain: a pilot study. Support Care Cancer (2004) 0.80
The child with multiple impairments. Paediatr Child Health (2000) 0.80
Prostate cancer pain management: EAU guidelines on pain management. World J Urol (2012) 0.80
Characteristics of pain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain Behav (2015) 0.79
Knowledge and awareness of palliative medicine amongst students of a rural dental college in India. Int J Appl Basic Med Res (2011) 0.79
Pain in chronic pancreatitis: managing beyond the pancreatic duct. World J Gastroenterol (2013) 0.79
[Chemotherapy for prostate cancer]. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2008) 0.79
Efficacy of opioid rotation to continuous parenteral hydromorphone in advanced cancer patients failing on other opioids. Support Care Cancer (2011) 0.79
Team-based Palliative and End-of-life Care for Heart Failure. Heart Fail Clin (2015) 0.79
Quality of life for oncology patients during the terminal period. Validation of the HRCA-QL index. Support Care Cancer (2003) 0.79
Factors associated with the goal of treatment in the last week of life in old compared to very old patients: a population-based death certificate survey. BMC Geriatr (2014) 0.79
Spirituality in palliative home care: a framework for the clinician. Support Care Cancer (2012) 0.78
Quality of Life in Chronic Disease Patients. Health Psychol Res (2013) 0.78
Ethical challenges and solutions regarding delirium studies in palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage (2013) 0.78
The Characteristics and the Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain and Its Effect on the Patients' Daily Activities and their Quality of Life: A Cross - Sectional study from Malaysia. J Clin Diagn Res (2013) 0.78
Access to opioid analgesics and pain relief for patients with cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol (2013) 0.78
Common or multiple futures for end of life care around the world? Ideas from the 'waiting room of history'. Soc Sci Med (2016) 0.78
Surgical palliation of gastric outlet obstruction in advanced malignancy. World J Gastrointest Surg (2016) 0.78
The efficacy of low-dose transdermal fentanyl in opioid-naïve cancer patients with moderate-to-severe pain. Korean J Intern Med (2014) 0.78
The challenges of cancer pain assessment and management. Ulster Med J (2011) 0.77
Future of palliative medicine. Indian J Palliat Care (2015) 0.77
Pharmacogenomic considerations in the opioid management of pain. Genome Med (2010) 0.77
Approach to end of life care. Ochsner J (2002) 0.77
The relationship between pain management and psychospiritual distress in patients with advanced cancer following admission to a palliative care unit. BMC Palliat Care (2015) 0.77
Intravenous ibuprofen: the first injectable product for the treatment of pain and fever. J Pain Res (2010) 0.77
Achieving organizational change in pediatric pain management. Pain Res Manag (2008) 0.76
The pain system in oesophageal disorders: mechanisms, clinical characteristics, and treatment. Gastroenterol Res Pract (2011) 0.76
Gelatin sponge microparticles for the treatment of the spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma hemorrhage. Exp Ther Med (2016) 0.76
Use of thalidomide in the management of three HIV seroreactive children with Kaposi's sarcoma referred for palliative care. Malawi Med J (2008) 0.76
The Pancreas: Causes for Malabsorption. Viszeralmedizin (2014) 0.76
[Transdermal and oral opioids for outpatient pain therapy. Comparing patients' characteristics by a claims data analysis]. Schmerz (2008) 0.75
"Whatever my mother wants": barriers to adequate pain management. J Palliat Med (2012) 0.75
Prospective single-site experience with radiofrequency-targeted vertebral augmentation for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. J Osteoporos (2013) 0.75
Impact of a new palliative care consultation team on opioid prescription in a University Hospital. BMC Palliat Care (2009) 0.75
Acute surgical emergencies in patients at or near the end of life. Ochsner J (2011) 0.75
Curative to palliative care-transition and communication issues: surgeons perspective. Indian J Palliat Care (2013) 0.75
Paraplegia after intercostal neurolysis with phenol. J Pain Res (2014) 0.75
Efficacy and safety of fentanyl buccal for cancer pain management by administration through a soluble film: an update. Cancer Manag Res (2010) 0.75
Pain measurement as part of primary healthcare of adult patients with sickle cell disease. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter (2013) 0.75
Palliative radiotherapy in patients with a poor performance status: the palliative effect is correlated with prolongation of the survival time. Radiat Oncol (2013) 0.75
The opioid rotation ratio of hydrocodone to strong opioids in cancer patients. Oncologist (2014) 0.75
Ensuring pain relief for children at the end of life. Pain Res Manag (2006) 0.75