Characteristics of Breakthrough Pain and Its Impact on Quality of Life in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients.

What it found

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Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Pain at the end of life in patients with cancer: a population-based study on prevalence, relief, and the role of pain assessment.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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2. A scoping review of breakthrough cancer pain: Multidimensional patient needs and influencing factors.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025
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3. "Less words, more pictures": creating and sharing data visualizations from a remote health monitoring system with clinicians to improve cancer pain management.Frontiers in digital health · 2025
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4. Effectiveness of fentanyl buccal soluble film in cancer patients with inadequate breakthrough pain control.BMC palliative care · 2024
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5. Editorial: Insights in cancer pain: 2022.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023
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6. Fentanyl in cancer pain management: avoiding hasty judgments and discerning its potential benefits.Drugs in context · 2023
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7. Deploying the Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention for Cancer Smart Health System to Support Patients and Family Caregivers in Managing Pain: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR cancer · 2022
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8. The Pharmacological Mechanism of the Effect of Plant Extract Compound Drugs on Cancer Pain Based on Network Pharmacology.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022
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9. Patients' Satisfaction with Breakthrough Cancer Pain Therapy: A Secondary Analysis of IOPS-MS Study.Cancer management and research · 2022
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10. Retrospective Observational Study on the Characteristics of Pain and Associated Factors of Breakthrough Pain in AdvancedPain research & management · 2022
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11. Communication in Oncology Outpatient Clinic Settings: Congruence of Quality of Life Assessment between Patient-Physician and Patient-Caregiver Dyads.Journal of oncology · 2022
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12. Impact of individualized management of breakthrough cancer pain on quality of life in advanced cancer patients: CAVIDIOPAL study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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13. Interference with daily functioning by breakthrough pain in patients with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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14. Understanding the Experience of Cancer Pain From the Perspective of Patients and Family Caregivers to Inform Design of an In-Home Smart Health System: Multimethod Approach.JMIR formative research · 2020
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Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

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