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Transdermal fentanyl to parenteral morphine route switch and drug rotation in refractory cancer cachexia

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  • Samy A Alsirafy Palliative Care Service, Hematology-Oncology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Palliative Medicine Unit, Kasr Al-Ainy Center of Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Saad H Alabdullateef Palliative Care Service, Hematology-Oncology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ashraf M Elyamany Medical Oncology, Hematology-Oncology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Medical Oncology Department, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Amneh D Hassan Palliative Care Service, Hematology-Oncology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mohammed Almashiakhi Medical Oncology, Hematology-Oncology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Samy A Alsirafy, Palliative Medicine Unit, Kasr Al-Ainy Center of Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; alsirafy{at}kasralainy.edu.eg
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Alsirafy SA, Alabdullateef SH, Elyamany AM, et al
Transdermal fentanyl to parenteral morphine route switch and drug rotation in refractory cancer cachexia
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2022;12:e184-e186.

Publication history

  • Received June 19, 2019
  • Accepted August 28, 2019
  • First published September 6, 2019.
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November 16, 2022

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