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Pain. 2012 Aug;153(8):1770-1771. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.03.032. Epub 2012 Apr 30.

Cancer pain undertreatment and prognostic factors.

Pain

Sebastiano Mercadante

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pain Relief and Palliative Care, La Maddalena Cancer Center, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

PMID: 22551688 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.03.032

[No abstract available.]

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