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Volume 149, Issue 3 , Pages 476-482 , June 2010

Assessment and classification of cancer breakthrough pain: A systematic literature review

  • Dagny Faksvåg Haugen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
    • Regional Centre of Excellence for Palliative Care, Western Norway, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, 3. etg. Bevegelsessenteret, St Olavs Hospital, N-7006 Trondheim, Norway. Tel.: +47 72 82 64 86/+47 55 97 58 31; fax: +47 72 82 60 28.
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  • Marianne Jensen Hjermstad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
    • The Cancer Center, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Neil Hagen

      Affiliations

    • Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Cancer Board, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Augusto Caraceni

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Care (Pain Therapy, Rehabilitation), Fondazione IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
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  • Stein Kaasa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
    • Palliative Medicine Unit, Department of Oncology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • On behalf of the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC)

Received 3 July 2009 ,Revised 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 19 February 2010.

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PII: S0304-3959(10)00127-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.035

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Volume 149, Issue 3 , Pages 476-482 , June 2010

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