[Single Centre Prospective Study of Systematic Pain Evaluation in Portuguese Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer].
CONCLUSION: Patients with metastatic prostate cancer have a high prevalence of pain. Evaluation and treatment by medical oncologists is associated with a reduction of mean pain intensity. The use of Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form was associated with a non-significant increased reduction of pain.
PMID: 29279072 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - Category: General Medicine Tags: Acta Med Port Source Type: research
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