Breakthrough cancer pain: an observational study of 1000 European oncology patients.

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Published in J Pain Symptom Manage on March 22, 2013

Authors

Andrew Davies1, Alison Buchanan, Giovambattista Zeppetella, Josep Porta-Sales, Rudolf Likar, Wolfgang Weismayr, Ondrej Slama, Tarja Korhonen, Marilene Filbet, Philippe Poulain, Kyriaki Mystakidou, Alexandros Ardavanis, Tony O'Brien, Pauline Wilkinson, Augusto Caraceni, Furio Zucco, Wouter Zuurmond, Steen Andersen, Anette Damkier, Tove Vejlgaard, Friedemann Nauck, Lukas Radbruch, Karl-Fredrik Sjolund, Mariann Stenberg

Author Affiliations

1: Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. Electronic address: adavies12@nhs.net.

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