Prevalence of undertreatment in cancer pain. A review of published literature.

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Published in Ann Oncol on July 15, 2008

Authors

S Deandrea1, M Montanari, L Moja, G Apolone

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Epidemiological Methods, Department of Epidemiology, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy. deandrea@marionegri.it

Associated clinical trials:

Real-time Cancer Pain Assessment and Intervention | NCT01914107

Smartphone Technology to Alleviate Malignant Pain (STAMP) | NCT03717402

NanaBis™ an Oro-buccal Administered delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (d9-THC) & Cannabidiol (CBD) Medicine for the Management of Bone Pain From Metastatic Cancers | NCT04808531

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