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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: A white paper from the European Association for Palliative Care by Radbruch, Lukas, Leget, Carlo, Bahr, Patrick, Müller-Busch, Christof, Ellershaw, John, de Conno, Franco, Vanden Berghe, Paul

“…Background: In recognition of the ongoing discussion on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, the Board of Directors of the European Association for…”
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Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC by Caraceni, Augusto, Prof, Hanks, Geoffrey, Prof, Kaasa, Stein, Prof, Bennett, Michael I, Prof, Brunelli, Cinzia, ScD, Cherny, Nathan, Prof, Dale, Ola, Prof, De Conno, Franco, MD, Fallon, Marie, Prof, Hanna, Magdi, FCA, Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg, PhD, Juhl, Gitte, MD, King, Samuel, MRCP, Klepstad, Pål, MD, Laugsand, Eivor A, MD, Maltoni, Marco, MD, Mercadante, Sebastiano, MD, Nabal, Maria, MD, Pigni, Alessandra, MD, Radbruch, Lukas, Prof, Reid, Colette, MD, Sjogren, Per, Prof, Stone, Patrick C, MD, Tassinari, Davide, MD, Zeppetella, Giovambattista, FRCP

“…Summary Here we provide the updated version of the guidelines of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) on the use of opioids for the treatment of…”
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Prognostic Factors in Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations—A Study by the Steering Committee of the European Association for Palliative Care by MALTONI, Marco, CARACENI, Augusto, DE CONNO, Franco, HANKS, Geoffrey, KAASA, Stein, BRUNELLI, Cinzia, BROECKAERT, Bert, CHRISTAKIS, Nicholas, EYCHMUELLER, Steffen, GLARE, Paul, NABAL, Maria, VIGANO, Antonio, LARKIN, Philip

“…To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in advanced cancer patients. A Working Group of the Research Network of the European…”
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Cancer Pain Management: An Italian Delphi Survey from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) Group by Varrassi, Giustino, De Conno, Franco, Orsi, Luciano, Puntillo, Filomena, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Zeppetella, John, Zucco, Furio

“…In patients with cancer, the prevalence of pain is high, and pain management is often challenging despite the wide availability of drugs and guidelines. This…”
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Palliative sedation at the end of life at a tertiary cancer center by Caraceni, Augusto, Zecca, Ernesto, Martini, Cinzia, Gorni, Giovanna, Campa, Tiziana, Brunelli, Cinzia, De Conno, Franco

“…Purpose The aim of this study was to describe the use of palliative sedation (PS) its indications and outcomes in patients followed up till death by an…”
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Episodic (Breakthrough) Pain Prevalence in a Population of Cancer Pain Patients. Comparison of Clinical Diagnoses With the QUDEI—Italian Questionnaire for Intense Episodic Pain by Caraceni, Augusto, MD, Bertetto, Oscar, MD, Labianca, Roberto, MD, Maltoni, Marco, MD, Mercadante, Sebastiano, MD, Varrassi, Giustino, MD, Zaninetta, Giovanni, MD, Zucco, Furio, MD, Bagnasco, Michela, PhD, Lanata, Luigi, MD, De Conno, Franco, MD

“…Abstract Context Breakthrough/episodic pain (BP-EP) diagnosis is often based on clinical experience, and different opinions exist, even among palliative care…”
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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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Intensity and treatment of symptoms in 3,030 palliative care patients: a cross-sectional survey of the EAPC Research Network by Laugsand, Eivor Alette, Kaasa, Stein, de Conno, Franco, Hanks, Geoffrey, Klepstad, Pål

“…This study aimed to describe intensity and treatment of symptoms other than pain in European palliative care units. A total of 3,030 patients, including 2,064…”
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Suicide among patients with cancer cared for at home by palliative-care teams by Ripamonti, Carla, Filiberti, Antonio, Totis, Amadio, Conno, Franco De, Tamburini, Marcello

“…Patients with terminal cancer are thought to be at high risk of committing suicide. In a population of 17 964 patients with terminal cancer cared for at home…”
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Patient demographics and centre description in European palliative care units: A cross sectional survey of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Research Network by Stein Kaasa, Torvik, Karin, Cherny, Nathan, Hanks, Geoffrey, Franco de Conno

“…Patients in palliative care are elderly, frail and in decline with multisystem disease. These and other factors make palliative care research particularly…”
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Opioid purchases and expenditure in nine western European countries: ‘Are we killing off morphine?’ by De Conno, Franco, Ripamonti, Carla, Brunelli, Cinzia

“…Background: In clinical practice the major role of opioid drugs is the management of malignant and nonmalignant pain. The primary aim of this study is to…”
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Gabapentin as an Adjuvant to Opioid Analgesia for Neuropathic Cancer Pain by Caraceni, Augusto, Zecca, Ernesto, Martini, Cinzia, De Conno, Franco

“…Gabapentin was administered as an “add on” therapy to 22 patients with neuropathic cancer pain only partially responsive to opioid therapy. Global pain,…”
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Awareness, understanding and attitudes of Italians regarding palliative care by BENINI, Franca, FABRIS, Monica, PACE, Daniela S, VERNO, Valentina, NEGRO, Valentina, DE CONNO, Franco, ORZALESI, Marcello M

“…There are numerous difficulties encountered in the diffusion of palliative care (PC) in developed countries. A correct and widespread awareness of PC among the…”
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Characteristics of Terminal Cancer Patients Who Committed Suicide During a Home Palliative Care Program by Filiberti, Antonio, Ripamonti, Carla, Totis, Amadio, Ventafridda, Vittorio, De Conno, Franco, Contiero, Paolo, Tamburini, Marcello

“…Cancer patients may commit suicide at any stage of the disease and many risk factors of suicide have been described in the literature. To identify the possible…”
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Update on Cancer Pain Guidelines by Caraceni, Augusto, MD, De Conno, Franco, MD, Kaasa, Stein, MD, Radbruch, Lukas, MD, Hanks, Geoffrey, MBBS

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Is the use of transdermal fentanyl inappropriate according to the WHO guidelines and the EAPC recommendations? A study of cancer patients in Italy by Ripamonti, Carla, Fagnoni, Elena, Campa, Tiziana, Brunelli, Cinzia, De Conno, Franco

“…World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) clinical practice guidelines, and EAPC recommendations indicate…”
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A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effects of zinc sulfate on cancer patients with taste alterations caused by head and neck irradiation by Ripamonti, Carla, Zecca, Ernesto, Brunelli, Cinzia, Fulfaro, Fabio, Villa, Sergio, Balzarini, Augusta, Bombardieri, Emilio, Conno, Franco De

“…BACKGROUND In uncontrolled clinical trials, the administration of oral zinc sulfate has been reported both to prevent and correct taste abnormalities in cancer…”
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Withdrawal Syndrome After Delayed Tramadol Intake by RIPAMONTI, CARLA, FAGNONI, ELENA, De CONNO, FRANCO

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Assessing Delirium in Cancer Patients. The Italian Versions of the Delirium Rating Scale and the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale by Grassi, Luigi, Caraceni, Augusto, Beltrami, Elisabetta, Borreani, Claudia, Zamorani, Maria, Maltoni, Marco, Monti, Massimo, Luzzani, Massimo, Mercadante, Sebastiano, De Conno, Franco

“…To validate the Italian versions of the Delirium Rating Scale (DRS) and the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS), 105 cancer patients consecutively…”
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Pain in cancer. An outcome research project to evaluate the epidemiology, the quality and the effects of pain treatment in cancer patients by Apolone, Giovanni, Bertetto, Oscar, Caraceni, Augusto, Corli, Oscar, De Conno, Franco, Labianca, Roberto, Maltoni, Marco, Nicora, Mariaflavia, Torri, Valter, Zucco, Furio

“…Management of pain related to advanced or metastatic cancer, although the availability of several pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions and the…”
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