Cancer constipation: are opioids really the culprit?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

1. A Handheld Ultrasound Device Can Predict Constipation with Rectal Fecal Retention in a Palliative Care Setting.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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2. Constipation in Cancer Patients - an Update of Clinical Evidence.Current treatment options in oncology · 2022
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3. The Efficacy and Safety of Transcutaneous Acupoint Interferential Current Stimulation for Cancer Pain Patients With Opioid-Induced Constipation: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study.Integrative cancer therapies · 2018
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4. Genetic and Non-genetic Factors Associated With Constipation in Cancer Patients Receiving Opioids.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2015
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5. [Observational and cross-sectional study of prevalence and severity of the opioid-induced bowel dysfunction].Atencion primaria · 2014
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6. A pilot study to assess the feasibility of measuring the prevalence of slow colon transit or evacuation disorder in palliative care.Journal of palliative medicine · 2013
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7. Clinical use of oral laxatives in palliative care services in Spain.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2010
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  Constipation in cancer patients on morphine.2008

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