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Characteristics of breakthrough cancer pain and its influence on quality of life in an international cohort of patients with cancer

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  • Marianne Jensen Hjermstad Department of Oncology, Regional Advisory Unit for Palliative Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, European Palliative Care Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stein Kaasa Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, European Palliative Care Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway Department of Oncology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Augusto Caraceni Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, European Palliative Care Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway Department of Palliative Care, Pain Therapy and Rehabilitation Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milano, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jon H Loge Department of Oncology, Regional Advisory Unit for Palliative Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tore Pedersen Bjørknes University College, Oslo, Norway National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dagny Faksvåg Haugen Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, European Palliative Care Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway Regional Centre of Excellence for Palliative Care, Western Norway, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway Department of Clinical Medicine K1, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nina Aass Department of Oncology, Regional Advisory Unit for Palliative Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, Department of Oncology, Regional Advisory Unit for Palliative Care, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Box 4956, Nydalen, Oslo 0424, Norway; marianne.j.hjermstad{at}ntnu.no
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Hjermstad MJ, Kaasa S, Caraceni A on behalf of the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC), et al
Characteristics of breakthrough cancer pain and its influence on quality of life in an international cohort of patients with cancer
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2016;6:344-352.

Publication history

  • Received March 11, 2015
  • Revision received April 19, 2016
  • Accepted May 31, 2016
  • First published June 24, 2016.
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April 20, 2017

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