Control of pain and other symptoms in advanced cancer.
In the patient with advanced cancer, effective symptom control requires a multidisciplinary, multimodal approach. Considerations involved in the control of pain can serve as a model for management of other symptoms, such as anorexia and dyspnea, as well.
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Department of Developmental Chemotherapy, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*
D000700:Analgesics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid