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Indicators of integration of oncology and palliative care programs: an international consensus by Hui, D., Bansal, S., Strasser, F., Morita, T., Caraceni, A., Davis, M., Cherny, N., Kaasa, S., Currow, D., Abernethy, A., Nekolaichuk, C., Bruera, E.

“…Recently, the concept of integrating oncology and palliative care has gained wide professional and scientific support; however, a global consensus on what…”
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Influence from genetic variability on opioid use for cancer pain: A European genetic association study of 2294 cancer pain patients by Klepstad, P., Fladvad, T., Skorpen, F., Bjordal, K., Caraceni, A., Dale, O., Davies, A., Kloke, M., Lundström, S., Maltoni, M., Radbruch, L., Sabatowski, R., Sigurdardottir, V., Strasser, F., Fayers, P.M., Kaasa, S.

“…Cancer pain patients need variable opioid doses. Preclinical and clinical studies suggest that opioid efficacy is related to genetic variability. However, the…”
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A consensus review on the development of palliative care for patients with chronic and progressive neurological disease by Oliver, D. J., Borasio, G. D., Caraceni, A., de Visser, M., Grisold, W., Lorenzl, S., Veronese, S., Voltz, R.

“…Background and purpose The European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce, in collaboration with the Scientific Panel on Palliative Care in Neurology of the…”
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Reply to the Letter to the Editor “A simple way of doing the complex but utmost important things: cancer pain management” by S. Singhal, M. Verma and D. Kukreja by Fallon, M.T., Caraceni, A., Laird, B.J.A., Kaasa, S.

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An international, open-label, randomised trial comparing a two-step approach versus the standard three-step approach of the WHO analgesic ladder in patients with cancer by Fallon, M., Dierberger, K., Leng, M., Hall, P.S., Allende, S., Sabar, R., Verastegui, E., Gordon, D., Grant, L., Lee, R., McWillams, K., Murray, G.D., Norris, L., Reid, C., Sande, T.A., Caraceni, A., Kaasa, S., Laird, B.J.A.

“…Worldwide, cancer pain management follows the World Health Organization (WHO) three-step analgesic ladder. Using weak opioids (e.g. codeine) at step 2 is…”
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Pattern and quality of care of cancer pain management. Results from the Cancer Pain Outcome Research Study Group by Apolone, G, Corli, O, Caraceni, A, Negri, E, Deandrea, S, Montanari, M, Greco, M T

“…Most patients with advanced or metastatic cancer experience pain and despite several guidelines, undertreatment is well documented. A multicenter, open-label,…”
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Artificial nutrition and hydration in the last week of life in cancer patients. A systematic literature review of practices and effects by Raijmakers, N.J.H., van Zuylen, L., Costantini, M., Caraceni, A., Clark, J., Lundquist, G., Voltz, R., Ellershaw, J.E., van der Heide, A.

“…The benefits and burdens of artificial nutrition (AN) and artificial hydration (AH) in end-of-life care are unclear. We carried out a literature review on the…”
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Long-term morbidity after multivisceral resection for retroperitoneal sarcoma by Callegaro, D., Miceli, R., Brunelli, C., Colombo, C., Sanfilippo, R., Radaelli, S., Casali, P. G., Caraceni, A., Gronchi, A., Fiore, M.

“…Background More than 60 per cent of patients treated surgically for primary retroperitoneal sarcoma survive for at least 5 years. Extended surgical resection…”
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Breakthrough pain in patients with multiple myeloma: a secondary analysis of IOPS MS study by Mercadante, S, Caraceni, A, Cuomo, A, Mammucari, M, Marchetti, P, Mediati, R D, Natoli, S, Tonini, G

“…The aim of this study was to characterize breakthrough pain (BTcP) in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). This was a secondary analysis of a large multicenter…”
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Evaluation and assessment of cancer pain and cancer pain treatment by Caraceni, A.

“…Evaluation and assessment are the first steps of any strategy for the management of cancer pain, and are fundamental for any clinical research project in this…”
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Clinical prognostic factors in advanced epithelioid haemangioendothelioma: a retrospective case series analysis within the Italian Rare Cancers Network by Frezza, A.M., Napolitano, A., Miceli, R., Badalamenti, G., Brunello, A., Buonomenna, C., Casali, P.G., Caraceni, A., Grignani, G., Gronchi, A., Infante, G., Morosi, C., Saita, L., Simeone, N., Zaffaroni, N., Vincenzi, B., Stacchiotti, S.

“…This multicentric, retrospective study conducted within the Italian Rare Cancer Network describes clinical features and explores their possible prognostic…”
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Integration of Palliative and Oncology Care in patients with lung and other thoracic cancer: referral criteria and clinical care pathways by Lo Dico, S., Zecca, E., Brunelli, C., Bracchi, P., Vitali, M., Garassino, M., Caraceni, A.

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Selective axillary dissection after axillary reverse mapping to prevent breast-cancer-related lymphoedema by Gennaro, M, Maccauro, M, Sigari, C, Casalini, P, Bedodi, L, Conti, A.R, Caraceni, A, Bombardieri, E

“…Abstract Background It has recently been reported that, using axillary reverse mapping (ARM), the lymphatics from the arm can be spared to reduce the incidence…”
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Integration of oncology and palliative care by Kaasa, S., Loge, J.H., Albreht, T., Bruera, E., Caraceni, A.T., Cervantes, A., Higginson, I.J., Jordan, K., Sjøgren, P., Stone, P., Zimmermann, C., Lundeby, T.

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Classification of pain in cancer patients – a systematic literature review by Knudsen, AK, Aass, N, Fainsinger, R, Caraceni, A, Klepstad, P, Jordhøy, M, Hjermstad, MJ, Kaasa, S

“…One of the aims of the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC) is to achieve consensus on a classification system for cancer pain. We performed…”
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Episodic (breakthrough) pain: Consensus conference of an expert working group of the european association for palliative care by MERCADANTE, Sebastiano, RADBRUCH, Lukas, CARACENI, Augusto, CHERNY, Nathan, KAASA, Stein, NAUCK, Friedemann, RIPAMONTI, Carla, DE CONNO, Franco

“…Breakthrough pain is transitory exacerbation of pain that occurs in addition to otherwise stable persistent pain. The wide differences in estimation of…”
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Gabapentin for Neuropathic Cancer Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial From the Gabapentin Cancer Pain Study Group by CARACENI, Augusto, ZECCA, Ernesto, BARBIERI, Massimo, DE CANNO, Franco, BONEZZI, Cesare, ARCURI, Edoardo, TUR, Ricardo Yaya, MALTONI, Marco, VISENTIN, Marco, GORNI, Giovanna, MARTINI, Cinzia, TIRELLI, Walter

“…To determine the analgesic effect of the addition of gabapentin to opioids in the management of neuropathic cancer pain. One hundred twenty-one consecutive…”
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Trends in opioid analgesics sales to community pharmacies and hospitals in Italy (2000-2010) by Caraceni, A T, Brunelli, C, Rocco, P, Minghetti, P

“…Opioid consumption data in Italy have been widely studied. However, only aggregate data can be found in the published literature, and differences are expected…”
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Symptomatic and neurophysiological responses of paclitaxel- or cisplatin-induced neuropathy to oral acetyl- l-carnitine by Bianchi, Giulia, Vitali, Giordano, Caraceni, Augusto, Ravaglia, Sabrina, Capri, Giuseppe, Cundari, Sante, Zanna, Claudio, Gianni, Luca

“…Acetyl- l-carnitine (ALC) improves non-oncological neuropathies. We tested oral ALC (1 g tid) for 8 weeks in 25 patients with neuropathy grade ⩾3 (common…”
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Quality of end of life care in patients with pancreatic cancer receiving systematic versus on-demand early palliative care at diagnosis: a secondary outcome analysis from a randomized controlled trial by Brunelli, C., Pigni, A., Mandelli, C., Bianchi, E., Ferrigato, L., Broglia, M.C., Nanni, O., Dall'Agata, M., Sansoni, E., Cavanna, L., Dadduzio, V., Garetto, F., Pino, M.S., Bortolussi, R., Luzzani, M., Giaretto, L., Perfetti, E., Autelitano, C., Piga, M.A., Caraceni, A.

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