A previous Delphi survey from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) project involving Italian palliative care specialists revealed some discrepancies between current guidelines and clinical practice with a lack of consensus on items regarding the use of strong opioids in treating cancer pain. Those results represented the basis for a new Delphi study addressing a better approach to pain treatment in patients with cancer.
Personalizing Cancer Pain Therapy: Insights from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) Group / Varrassi, Giustino; Coluzzi, Flaminia; Guardamagna, Vittorio A; Puntillo, Filomena; Sotgiu, Giovanni; Vellucci, Renato. - In: PAIN AND THERAPY. - ISSN 2193-8237. - 10:1(2021), pp. 605-617. [10.1007/s40122-021-00248-x]
Personalizing Cancer Pain Therapy: Insights from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) Group
Sotgiu, Giovanni;
2021-01-01
Abstract
A previous Delphi survey from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) project involving Italian palliative care specialists revealed some discrepancies between current guidelines and clinical practice with a lack of consensus on items regarding the use of strong opioids in treating cancer pain. Those results represented the basis for a new Delphi study addressing a better approach to pain treatment in patients with cancer.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
