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A double-blind, randomised, controlled Phase II trial of Heliox28 gas mixture in lung cancer patients with dyspnoea on exertion

scientific article published on January 2004

A fall from grace: exposing the neurotoxicities of morphine

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

A modular approach to quality-of-life assessment in cancer clinical trials

scientific article published in January 1988

A new international framework for palliative care

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

A new quality assurance package for hospital palliative care teams: the Trent Hospice Audit Group model

scientific article published in July 2004

A preliminary evaluation of the effects of opioids on innate and adaptive human in vitro immune function.

scientific article published on 27 December 2013

A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, double-dummy, parallel-group study to determine the safety and efficacy of oxycodone/naloxone prolonged-release tablets in patients with moderate/severe, chronic cancer pain

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

A regional survey of opioid use by patients receiving specialist palliative care

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Access and referral to specialist palliative care: patients' and professionals' experiences

scientific article published in August 2004

An introduction to Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Anti-emetic efficacy and toxicity of nabilone, a synthetic cannabinoid, in lung cancer chemotherapy

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Assessment of the psychometric properties of an English version of the cancer dyspnea scale in people with advanced lung cancer

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Breathlessness in cancer patients

scientific article published in May 2008

Cancer care. Part 2. How cancer service users can influence research and practice

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Cancer pain for the 21st century: stepping off the ladder, stepping up to new challenges

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Cancer pain: part 1: Pathophysiology; oncological, pharmacological, and psychological treatments: a perspective from the British Pain Society endorsed by the UK Association of Palliative Medicine and the Royal College of General Practitioners

scientific article published on May 2010

Cancer pain: part 2: physical, interventional and complimentary therapies; management in the community; acute, treatment-related and complex cancer pain: a perspective from the British Pain Society endorsed by the UK Association of Palliative Medici

scientific article published on 26 April 2010

Cancer-related chronic pain: investigation of the novel analgesic drug candidate cebranopadol in a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Care of adults in the last days of life: summary of NICE guidance

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Cebranopadol, a Novel First-in-Class Analgesic Drug Candidate: First Experience With Cancer-Related Pain for up to 26 Weeks

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Central pain processing in chronic chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

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Comparison of legislation, regulations and national health strategies for palliative care in seven European countries (Results from the Europall Research Group): a descriptive study

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Conflicting advice in the care of a dying patient

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Constipation in people prescribed opioids

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Costs of palliative care in the community, in hospitals and in hospices in the UK

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Cough in cancer patients

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Current strategies for pain control

scientific article published on January 1997

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study of eicosapentaenoic acid diester in patients with cancer cachexia

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Dying in hospital: the residents' viewpoint

scientific article published on September 1982

Editorial: Palliative care in oncology: Making quality the endpoint

scientific article published on 01 November 1990

Efficacy and safety of transdermal fentanyl and sustained-release oral morphine in patients with cancer and chronic non-cancer pain

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Endocrine, metabolic, nutritional and body composition abnormalities are common in advanced intensively-treated (transplanted) multiple myeloma

scientific article published on 7 April 2014

Evaluation of clinical efficacy of new medical treatments in advanced colorectal cancer. Results of a workshop organized by the EORTC GITCCG. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Cooperative Group

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Evidence-based clinical guidelines for palliative care: the work of the APM Science Committee

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Experience with dipipanone elixir in the management of cancer related pain - case study

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Guidelines for supportive care in multiple myeloma 2011.

scientific article published on 22 April 2011

Health-related quality of life in non-small-cell lung cancer: methodologic issues in randomized controlled trials

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High prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory abnormalities in advanced, intensively treated (transplanted) myeloma: The case for 'late effects' screening and preventive strategies.

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

High-dose cyclophosphamide and VP 16 as late dosage intensification therapy for small cell carcinoma of lung

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Holistic assessment of supportive and palliative care needs: the evidence for routine systematic questioning

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

Holistic needs assessment in advanced, intensively treated multiple myeloma patients

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How many inpatients at an acute hospital have palliative care needs? Comparing the perspectives of medical and nursing staff

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Improving Pain Experience in Cancer Patients

scientific article published on 19 February 2014

Improving palliative care in selected settings in England using quality indicators: a realist evaluation

scientific article published on 02 August 2016

Improving the well-being of men by Evaluating and Addressing the Gastrointestinal Late Effects (EAGLE) of radical treatment for prostate cancer: study protocol for a mixed-method implementation project

scientific article published on 03 October 2016

Integrated Care in Prostate Cancer (ICARE-P): Nonrandomized Controlled Feasibility Study of Online Holistic Needs Assessment, Linking the Patient and the Health Care Team

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Intracranial Metastases from Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Living with advanced but stable multiple myeloma: a study of the symptom burden and cumulative effects of disease and intensive (hematopoietic stem cell transplant-based) treatment on health-related quality of life

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Long-term observations of patients receiving transdermal fentanyl after a randomized trial

scientific article published in May 2001

Long-term safety and efficacy of oxycodone/naloxone prolonged-release tablets in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic cancer pain

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Making patient and public involvement in cancer and palliative research a reality: academic support is vital for success

scientific article published on 24 September 2014

Managing passengers with stable respiratory disease planning air travel: British Thoracic Society recommendations

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Measuring quality of life in hospice care

scientific article published on May 1990

Men don't talk about their health, but will they CHAT? The potential of online holistic needs assessment in prostate cancer.

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

My journey from anti to pro assisted dying

scientific article published on July 9, 2012

Nebulised drugs in palliative care

scientific article published on April 1997

New approaches to pain control in patients with cancer

scientific article published on July 1, 1997

Older people's views about home as a place of care at the end of life

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Opioid-Induced Constipation among a Convenience Sample of Patients with Cancer Pain

scientific article published on 08 June 2016

Opioid-induced bowel dysfunction in cancer-related pain: causes, consequences, and a novel approach for its management

scientific article published on May 2009

Opioids for chronic pain: molecular and genomic basis of actions and adverse effects

scientific article published on August 2007

Optimizing cancer pain management in resource-limited settings

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Optimizing the management of patients with spinal myeloma disease

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Overcoming the challenges to consumer involvement in cancer research

scientific article published on March 2003

Oxygen and helium gas mixtures for dyspnoea

scientific article published on August 2007

Pain, Cancer and Palliative Care

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Pain, opioids, and sleep: implications for restless legs syndrome treatment

scientific article published on 5 November 2016

Palliative care of patients with terminal cancer

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Palliative care research protocols: a special case for ethical review?

scientific article published on September 2003

Palliative care services for those with chronic lung disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Patient-Reported Outcome Results From the Open-Label, Randomized Phase III Myeloma X Trial Evaluating Salvage Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Persistent pain in cancer survivors

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Personalized Medicine—One Size Fits One: Tailoring Pain Therapy to Individuals’ Needs

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Pet ownership and human health: a brief review of evidence and issues

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Planning for the end of life: the views of older people about advance care statements

scientific article published on July 2004

Pulse oximetry in supportive and palliative care

scientific article published in November 2004

Quality palliative care for cancer and dementia in five European countries: some common challenges.

scientific article published on 17 October 2013

Recent clinical trials of pain control: impact on quality of life

scientific article published on January 1995

Resuscitation and patients' views. Terminally ill patients may want to live

scientific article published in August 1994

Short duration combination chemotherapy in the treatment of small cell lung cancer

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Side effects of analgesia may significantly reduce quality of life in symptomatic multiple myeloma: a cross-sectional prevalence study.

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Standards for the management of cancer-related pain across Europe-A position paper from the EFIC Task Force on Cancer Pain

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Supportive care for patients with gastrointestinal cancer

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Systematic review of the problems and issues of accessing specialist palliative care by patients, carers and health and social care professionals

scientific article published in September 2004

The EORTC QLQ-LC13: a modular supplement to the EORTC core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30) for use in lung cancer clinical trials

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire for patients with bone metastases: the EORTC QLQ-BM22.

scientific article published on 25 December 2008

The adaptation of the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral for Care (SPARC) to the Polish clinical setting for needs assessment of advanced cancer patients

scientific article published on 25 August 2012

The impact on the family carer of motor neurone disease and intervention with noninvasive ventilation

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The initiation of non-invasive ventilation for patients with motor neuron disease: patient and carer perceptions of obstacles and outcomes

scientific article published on 6 September 2012

The management of neuropathic pain in cancer: clinical guidelines for the use of adjuvant analgesics.

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The management of painful crisis in sickle cell disease

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The other information revolution

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

The quality of spiritual care--developing a standard.

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The role of VP-16 in the treatment of small-cell lung cancer: studies of the West of Scotland Lung Cancer Group.

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The total challenge of cancer pain in supportive and palliative care

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

The use of cognitive interviewing methodology in the design and testing of a screening tool for supportive and palliative care needs

scientific article published on 4 November 2008

The use of non-invasive ventilation at end of life in patients with motor neurone disease: a qualitative exploration of family carer and health professional experiences

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The use of subcutaneous glycopyrrolate in the management of sialorrhoea and facilitating the use of non-invasive ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

scientific article published on 09 May 2011

Transdermal fentanyl versus sustained-release oral morphine in cancer pain: preference, efficacy, and quality of life. The TTS-Fentanyl Comparative Trial Group

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Transdermal opioids for cancer pain

Treatment for cancer pain

scientific article published on October 1995

Treatment of small cell carcinoma of lung with late dosage intensification programmes containing cyclophosphamide and mesna

scientific article published on 01 September 1983

U.K. physicians' attitudes toward active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

scientific article published in July 2002

Use of non-invasive ventilation at end of life

Using bisphosphonates to control the pain of bone metastases: evidence-based guidelines for palliative care

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Validation of quality indicators for the organization of palliative care: a modified RAND Delphi study in seven European countries (the Europall project).

scientific article published on 16 July 2013

Vindesine and cisplatin combination chemotherapy compared with vindesine as a single agent in the management of non-small cell lung cancer: A randomized study

scientific article published on 01 August 1984

What do hospices do? A survey of hospices in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

scientific article published on March 1990

What investigations and procedures do patients in hospices want? Interview based survey of patients and their nurses

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Why do breast cancer patients decline entry into randomised trials and how do they feel about their decision later: a prospective, longitudinal, in-depth interview study

scientific article published in March 2004

Why do hospital mastectomy rates vary? Differences in the decision-making experiences of women with breast cancer

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Window of opportunity for pain control in the terminally ill

scientific article published in The Lancet

Xerostomia--a review.

scientific article published on October 1996