IMproved MAnagement (IM-MA study) in cancer-related pain: the value of a joint approach by an integrated team of radiotherapist and anesthetist.
S ManfridaValeria MasielloF CelliniE AdducciL PolidoriS LongoG CannelliM BalducciM RossiV ValentiniPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2018)
A multidisciplinary Team for Pain Management improved the clinical management, optimizing pain control and increasing adequacy of pharmacological management. The TPM intervention seems particularly worth for patients presenting specific features including BTcP, neuropathic pain, severe pain due to bone metastases, and any potential candidate to radiotherapy. Larger series and QoL questionnaires are required to confirm these results.
Keyphrases
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- chronic pain
- spinal cord
- spinal cord injury
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- randomized controlled trial
- early stage
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- quality improvement
- prognostic factors
- radiation therapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- climate change
- risk assessment
- drug induced
- psychometric properties
- rectal cancer