| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Quality-of-life assessment during a palliative care programme.
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Ann Oncol
|
1990
|
2.67
|
|
2
|
A validation study of the WHO method for cancer pain relief.
|
Cancer
|
1987
|
2.32
|
|
3
|
Switching from morphine to oral methadone in treating cancer pain: what is the equianalgesic dose ratio?
|
J Clin Oncol
|
1998
|
2.29
|
|
4
|
Symptom prevalence and control during cancer patients' last days of life.
|
J Palliat Care
|
1990
|
2.22
|
|
5
|
Gabapentin as an adjuvant to opioid analgesia for neuropathic cancer pain.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1999
|
1.80
|
|
6
|
Morphine for relief of cancer pain.
|
Lancet
|
1996
|
1.47
|
|
7
|
Visual disturbances in advanced cancer patients: clinical observations.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1999
|
1.39
|
|
8
|
Clinical-practice recommendations for the management of bowel obstruction in patients with end-stage cancer.
|
Support Care Cancer
|
2001
|
1.32
|
|
9
|
Impact of delirium on the short term prognosis of advanced cancer patients. Italian Multicenter Study Group on Palliative Care.
|
Cancer
|
2000
|
1.21
|
|
10
|
WHO guidelines for the use of analgesics in cancer pain.
|
Int J Tissue React
|
1985
|
1.18
|
|
11
|
A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effects of zinc sulfate on cancer patients with taste alterations caused by head and neck irradiation.
|
Cancer
|
1998
|
1.08
|
|
12
|
Characteristics of terminal cancer patients who committed suicide during a home palliative care program.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
2001
|
1.06
|
|
13
|
Role of octreotide, scopolamine butylbromide, and hydration in symptom control of patients with inoperable bowel obstruction and nasogastric tubes: a prospective randomized trial.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
2000
|
1.04
|
|
14
|
Management of bowel obstruction in advanced and terminal cancer patients.
|
Ann Oncol
|
1993
|
1.01
|
|
15
|
Assessing delirium in cancer patients: the Italian versions of the Delirium Rating Scale and the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
2001
|
0.99
|
|
16
|
Antidepressants increase bioavailability of morphine in cancer patients.
|
Lancet
|
1987
|
0.98
|
|
17
|
Sodium naproxen versus sodium diclofenac in cancer pain control.
|
Arzneimittelforschung
|
1990
|
0.95
|
|
18
|
The management of inoperable gastrointestinal obstruction in terminal cancer patients.
|
Tumori
|
1990
|
0.94
|
|
19
|
Efficacy of homeopathic treatment of skin reactions during radiotherapy for breast cancer: a randomised, double-blind clinical trial.
|
Br Homeopath J
|
2000
|
0.94
|
|
20
|
Guidelines on artificial nutrition versus hydration in terminal cancer patients. European Association for Palliative Care.
|
Nutrition
|
1996
|
0.92
|
|
21
|
Ultrasonography of arm edema after axillary dissection for breast cancer: a preliminary study.
|
Lymphology
|
2001
|
0.92
|
|
22
|
Equianalgesic dose/ratio between methadone and other opioid agonists in cancer pain: comparison of two clinical experiences.
|
Ann Oncol
|
1998
|
0.91
|
|
23
|
Palliative care research.
|
Eur J Cancer
|
2001
|
0.91
|
|
24
|
Continuous subcutaneous infusion of hyoscine butylbromide reduces secretions in patients with gastrointestinal obstruction.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1991
|
0.91
|
|
25
|
Suicide among patients with cancer cared for at home by palliative-care teams.
|
Lancet
|
1999
|
0.89
|
|
26
|
A randomized study on oral administration of morphine and methadone in the treatment of cancer pain.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1986
|
0.89
|
|
27
|
Oral complications in patients with advanced cancer.
|
J Palliat Care
|
1989
|
0.89
|
|
28
|
Trazodone for deafferentation pain. Comparison with amitriptyline.
|
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
|
1988
|
0.88
|
|
29
|
Comparison of home and hospital care of advanced cancer patients.
|
Tumori
|
1989
|
0.88
|
|
30
|
Propofol in terminal care.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1995
|
0.87
|
|
31
|
Pain experienced by patients hospitalized at the National Cancer Institute of Milan: research project "towards a pain-free hospital".
|
Tumori
|
2000
|
0.85
|
|
32
|
Is target opioid therapy within sight?
|
Minerva Anestesiol
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
33
|
Studies on the effects of antidepressant drugs on the antinociceptive action of morphine and on plasma morphine in rat and man.
|
Pain
|
1990
|
0.84
|
|
34
|
On the significance of Lhermitte's sign in oncology.
|
J Neurooncol
|
1991
|
0.83
|
|
35
|
Side effects of morphine administration in cancer patients.
|
Cancer Nurs
|
1998
|
0.82
|
|
36
|
A therapy impact questionnaire for quality-of-life assessment in advanced cancer research.
|
Ann Oncol
|
1992
|
0.81
|
|
37
|
Continuous subcutaneous infusion of ketorolac in cancer neuropathic pain unresponsive to opioid and adjuvant drugs. A case report.
|
Tumori
|
1996
|
0.80
|
|
38
|
Pain treatment in cancer of the pancreas.
|
Eur J Surg Oncol
|
1990
|
0.79
|
|
39
|
Organizing pain control and rehabilitation service in a cancer centre.
|
Int Rehabil Med
|
1981
|
0.79
|
|
40
|
A retrospective study on the use of oral morphine in cancer pain.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1987
|
0.79
|
|
41
|
Rectal methadone in cancer patients with pain. A preliminary clinical and pharmacokinetic study.
|
Ann Oncol
|
1995
|
0.78
|
|
42
|
Skin problems in advanced and terminal cancer patients.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1991
|
0.78
|
|
43
|
Ketorolac versus diclofenac sodium in cancer pain.
|
Arzneimittelforschung
|
1994
|
0.78
|
|
44
|
[The role of neurolytic therapy in blocking cancer pain].
|
Minerva Med
|
1984
|
0.77
|
|
45
|
Organic brain syndromes and opioid administration for cancer pain.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1994
|
0.77
|
|
46
|
Antidepressants in cancer pain.
|
J Palliat Care
|
1991
|
0.77
|
|
47
|
Analgesic effects of chemotherapy?
|
J Clin Oncol
|
1998
|
0.77
|
|
48
|
Role of enteral nutrition in advanced cancer patients: indications and contraindications of the different techniques employed.
|
Tumori
|
1996
|
0.77
|
|
49
|
Short-term effects of pamidronate on bone turnover: can bone markers be considered predictive of the analgesic response?
|
Oncol Rep
|
2007
|
0.77
|
|
50
|
The role of disodium pamidronate in the management of bone pain due to malignancy.
|
Palliat Med
|
2001
|
0.77
|
|
51
|
Acute morphine intoxication during high-dose recombinant interleukin-2 treatment for metastatic renal cell cancer.
|
Eur J Cancer
|
1994
|
0.76
|
|
52
|
Antidepressants for cancer pain and other painful syndromes with deafferentation component: comparison of amitriptyline and trazodone.
|
Ital J Neurol Sci
|
1987
|
0.76
|
|
53
|
A clinical study on the use of codeine, oxycodone, dextropropoxyphene, buprenorphine, and pentazocine in cancer pain.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1991
|
0.76
|
|
54
|
Chronic analgesic study on buprenorphine action in cancer pain. Comparison with pentazocine.
|
Arzneimittelforschung
|
1983
|
0.76
|
|
55
|
Can somatostatin be administered in association with morphine in advanced cancer patients with pain?
|
Ann Oncol
|
1998
|
0.76
|
|
56
|
Control of dyspnea in advanced cancer patients.
|
Chest
|
1990
|
0.75
|
|
57
|
Leucocyte-lymphocyte ratio as prognostic indicator of survival in cachectic cancer patients.
|
Ann Oncol
|
1991
|
0.75
|
|
58
|
Rectal opioid medications: our experiences.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1997
|
0.75
|
|
59
|
Serum levels of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-5b in breast cancer patients treated with pamidronate.
|
Int J Biol Markers
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
60
|
Frequency of suicide by cancer patients at the National Cancer Institute of Milan over 1986-90.
|
Ann Oncol
|
1991
|
0.75
|
|
61
|
Differences in gabapentin efficacy for cancer pain more apparent than real?
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
2001
|
0.75
|
|
62
|
[Acute study of parenteral buprenorphine versus parenteral morphine].
|
Minerva Anestesiol
|
1987
|
0.75
|
|
63
|
Pain due to epidural tumor in cancer patients. Report of two cases and differential diagnosis.
|
Ital J Neurol Sci
|
1997
|
0.75
|
|
64
|
Unendurable symptoms as prognostic indicators of impending death in terminal cancer patients.
|
Eur J Cancer
|
1990
|
0.75
|
|
65
|
SIAARTI recommendations on the assessment and treatment of chronic cancer pain.
|
Minerva Anestesiol
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
66
|
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as the first step in cancer pain therapy: double-blind, within-patient study comparing nine drugs.
|
J Int Med Res
|
1990
|
0.75
|
|
67
|
Intraspinal morphine for cancer pain.
|
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl
|
1987
|
0.75
|
|
68
|
Clinical observations on controlled-release morphine in cancer pain.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1989
|
0.75
|
|
69
|
Pain relief and sclerosis of bone metastases in a patient with breast cancer treated with tamoxifen, radiotherapy and pamidronate disodium: which treatment helped?
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1998
|
0.75
|
|
70
|
The importance of a home care program for patients with advanced cancer pain.
|
Tumori
|
1985
|
0.75
|
|
71
|
Role of pamidronate disodium in the treatment of metastatic bone disease.
|
Tumori
|
1998
|
0.75
|
|
72
|
[Variations in the side effects of ketamine employed at different dosages and combined with various preanesthetic and anesthetic drugs].
|
Minerva Anestesiol
|
1977
|
0.75
|
|
73
|
Carcinoid somatostatinoma of the duodenum.
|
Eur J Surg Oncol
|
1998
|
0.75
|
|
74
|
A new model of continuing care for advanced cancer pain treatment.
|
Hosp J
|
1987
|
0.75
|
|
75
|
Is it possible to plan the radiation treatment of cancer pain in order to make it complementary to other therapeutic methods?
|
Rays
|
1989
|
0.75
|
|
76
|
Pharmacological treatment of cancer pain: alternative routes of opioid administration.
|
Tumori
|
1998
|
0.75
|
|
77
|
An interview with Dr. Franco De Conno from the National Tumour Institute in Milan. Interview by F. Stiefel.
|
Support Care Cancer
|
1997
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
[Buprenorphine in cancer pain: cross comparison with pentazocine].
|
Minerva Med
|
1987
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
Semantic descriptors of pain.
|
Pain
|
1987
|
0.75
|
|
80
|
Palliative care and euthanasia, still confusion?
|
Tumori
|
1997
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
Archery as a possible rehabilitative activity in the oncological structure: preliminary observations from a feasibility study.
|
Tumori
|
1999
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
More on the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories in the management of cancer pain.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
2001
|
0.75
|
|
83
|
Multimodal approach in management of cancer pain.
|
Prog Clin Biol Res
|
1983
|
0.75
|
|
84
|
Issues in symptom control. Part 4. Oral complications in patients with advanced cancer.
|
J Pain Symptom Manage
|
1989
|
0.75
|