Journal article
Oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) for cancer pain
- Abstract:
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Background
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Pain is a common symptom with cancer, and 30% to 50% of all people with cancer will experience moderate to severe pain that can have a major negative impact on their quality of life. Non-opioid drugs are commonly used to treat mild to moderate cancer pain, and are recommended for this purpose in the WHO cancer pain treatment ladder, either alone or in combination with opioids.
A previous Cochrane review that examined the evidence for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs...
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Journal:
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
- Volume:
- 7
- Article number:
- CD012637
- Publication date:
- 2017-07-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-493X
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:707995
- UUID:
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uuid:94a82903-94a0-4914-878c-0a3bacd7bb18
- Local pid:
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pubs:707995
- Source identifiers:
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707995
- Deposit date:
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2017-07-28
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- Copyright holder:
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- This is the publisher's version of the article. The final version is available online from Cochrane Collaboration at: 10.1002/14651858.CD012637.pub2
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