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Are strong opioids equally effective and safe in the treatment of chronic cancer pain? A multicenter randomized phase IV ‘real life’ trial on the variability of response to opioids by Corli, O., Floriani, I., Roberto, A., Montanari, M., Galli, F., Greco, M.T., Caraceni, A., Kaasa, S., Dragani, T.A., Azzarello, G., Luzzani, M., Cavanna, L., Bandieri, E., Gamucci, T., Lipari, G., Di Gregorio, R., Valenti, D., Reale, C., Pavesi, L., Iorno, V., Crispino, C., Pacchioni, M., Apolone, G., Monfredo, M., Mistretta, R., di Salemi, P.O., Zecca, E., Cartoni, C., Brunetti, G.A., Tassinari, D., Drudi, F., Rizzi, F., Pizzuto, M., Formaglio, F., Luzi, M., Narducci, F., Boscolo, G., Mangiapia, M., Artioli, F., Lazzari, M., Dauri, M., Diodati, M., Cupaiolo, A., Mameli, S., Preti, P., Ferrari, P., Vasini, G., Roy, M.T., Piva, L., Nardi, L.F., Montanari, L., Reina, V., Fusco, F., Orsi, L., Molinari, E.

“…Guidelines tend to consider morphine and morphine-like opioids comparable and interchangeable in the treatment of chronic cancer pain, but individual responses…”
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BTcP: Retrospective study on integrated hospital care between palliative care clinical and oncologist by Defferrari, C., Rosseti, N., Molinari, E., D'amico, M., De Censi, A., Luzzani, M.

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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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Drug-resistant cluster headache responding to gabapentin: a pilot study by Leandri, M, Luzzani, M, Cruccu, G, Gottlieb, A

“…Prompted by the results of gabaergic drugs, such as valproate and topiramate, we performed this pilot study to assess the effect of gabapentin in cluster…”
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The MERITO Study: a multicentre trial of the analgesic effect and tolerability of normal-release oral morphine during ‘titration phase’ in patients with cancer pain by De Conno, F, Ripamonti, C, Fagnoni, E, Brunelli, C, Luzzani, M, Maltoni, M, Arcuri, E, Bertetto, O

“…Adequate and rapid pain control is one of the main goals of cancer pain treatment. The objective of this study was to assess the effect and tolerability of…”
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Cancer Patients as 'Experts' in Defining Quality of Life Domains. A Multicentre Survey by the Italian Group for the Evaluation of Outcomes in Oncology (IGEO) by Costantini, M., E. Mencaglia, P. D. Giulio, E. Cortesi, Roila, F., E. Ballatori, Tamburini, M., P. Casali, L. Licitra, D. D. Candis, B. Massidda, M. Luzzani, E. Campora, S. D. Placido, S. Palmeri, P. M. Angela, G. Baracco, R. Gareri, A. Martignetti, S. Ragosa, L. Zoda, M. T. Ionta, S. Bulletti, L. Pastore

“…Although the subjective nature of quality of life is generally accepted, less attention has been paid to the procedure of selecting domains to be explored with…”
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Italian Oncological Pain Survey (IOPS): A Multicentre Italian Study of Breakthrough Pain Performed in Different Settings by Mercadante, Sebastiano, Lazzari, Marzia, Reale, Carlo, Cuomo, Arturo, Fusco, Flavio, Marchetti, Paolo, Mediati, Rocco D, Chiurazzi, Bruno, Ciuffedra, Libero, Caraceni, Augusto, Iaffaioli, Vincenzo, Luzzani, Massimo, Micheletto, Giuseppe, Papa, Alfonso, Raffaeli, William, Valle, Alessandro, Caruso, Michele, Di Costanzo, Francesco, Pinato, Gianpaolo, Nardi, Filippo, Barni, Sandro, Natoli, Silvia, Mammucari, Massimo, Sabato, Alessandro F, Dauri, Mario

“…OBJECTIVE:A survey of breakthrough pain (BTP) was performed in five palliative care units (PCU), seven oncology departments (ONC), and nine pain clinics (OPC)…”
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A new schedule for clodronate treatment in patients with breast cancer and bone metastases by Beghé, F, Luzzani, M

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Total aortic arch endovascular repair using an iliac branch device by Bellosta, Raffaello, MD, Luzzani, Luca, MD, Vescovi, Monica, MD, Sarcina, Antonio, MD

“…A 76-year-old man who 2 years before underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair for aneurysm of the aortic arch was admitted to our department with…”
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Oral tramadol and buprenorphine in tumour pain. An Italian multicentre trial by Brema, F, Pastorino, G, Martini, M C, Gottlieb, A, Luzzani, M, Libretti, A, Saccà, L, Cigolari, S

“…In this multicentre trial tramadol and buprenorphine were compared for the treatment of neoplastic pain no longer responsive to non-steroidal antiinflammatory…”
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Estrogenic activity of 7-hydroxymatairesinol potassium acetate (HMR/lignan™) from Norway spruce ( Picea abies) knots and of its active metabolite enterolactone in MCF-7 cells by Cosentino, Marco, Marino, Franca, Ferrari, Marco, Rasini, Emanuela, Bombelli, Raffaella, Luini, Alessandra, Legnaro, Massimiliano, Canne, Marco Gioacchino Delle, Luzzani, Marcello, Crema, Francesca, Paracchini, Silvano, Lecchini, Sergio

“…Lignans are plant polyphenols which may possess anticancer, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities. In particular, the…”
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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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Disodium clodronate in the treatment of pain due to bone metastases by Luzzani, M, Vidili, M G, Rissotto, R, Nobile, M T, Beghè, F, Rosso, R, Gottlieb, A

“…Disodium clodronate (dichloromethylene bisphosphonate) a drug belonging to the class of bisphosphonates, inhibits osteoclastic bone resorption and therefore it…”
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Biological indices predictive of survival in 519 Italian terminally Ill cancer patients by Maltoni, Marco, Pirovano, Marco, Nanni, Oriana, Marinari, Mauro, Indelli, Monica, Gramazio, Attilio, Terzoli, Edmondo, Luzzani, Massimo, De Marinis, Filippo, Caraceni, Augusto, Labianca, Roberto

“…The knowledge of prognostic factors capable, of subdividing cancer patients into groups having homogenous survival times is useful even in very advanced stages…”
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The incidence of narcotic-induced emesis by Campora, E, Merlini, L, Pace, M, Bruzzone, M, Luzzani, M, Gottlieb, A, Rosso, R

“…Epidemiologic studies of the incidence of emesis induced by narcotic analgesics are lacking. The histories of 260 cancer patients receiving oral narcotic…”
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Diels-Alder reactions of methyl N- p-methoxybenzensulfonylindole-2-(2-propenoate), a convenient dienophile towards the synthesis of andranginine by Danieli, Bruno, Lesma, Giordano, Luzzani, Marcello, Passarella, Daniele, Silvani, Alessandra

“…Methyl N- p-methoxybenzensulfonylindole-2-(2-propenoate) ( 2) undergoes Diels-Alder reactions with silyloxybutadienes and 5-ethenylpyridinones to afford…”
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Biological indices predictive of survival in 519 Italian terminally ill cancer patients. Italian Multicenter Study Group on Palliative Care by Maltoni, M, Pirovano, M, Nanni, O, Marinari, M, Indelli, M, Gramazio, A, Terzoli, E, Luzzani, M, De Marinis, F, Caraceni, A, Labianca, R

“…The knowledge of prognostic factors capable of subdividing cancer patients into groups having homogenous survival times is useful even in very advanced stages…”
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The role of T2-weighted gradient-echo magnetic resonance sequences in the study of suspected dorsal-lumbosacral vertebral metastases by Sardanelli, F, Melani, E, Sabattini, R, Parodi, R C, Castaldi, A, Rescinito, G, Mariani, G, Luzzani, M

“…Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed high reliability in detecting spine metastases with spin-echo (SE) sequences, T1-weighted sequences being generally more…”
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Evaluation of quality of life in oncology. Rationale and objectives of the first phase of the Quality of Life in Oncology project by Costantini, M, Mencaglia, E, Di Giulio, P, Cortesi, E, Roila, F, Ballatori, E, Tamburini, M, Casali, P, Licitra, L, Massidda, B, Luzzani, M, Campora, E, De Placido, S, Palmeri, S, Palladino, M A, Baracco, G, Gareri, R, Martignetti, A, Ragosa, S, Zoda, L, Ionta, M T, Bulletti, S, Pastore, L

“…Although the subjective nature of quality of life perception is generally accepted, less attention has been paid to the procedure of selecting domains to be…”
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