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Low doses of transdermal fentanyl in opioid-naive patients with cancer pain

Sebastiano Mercadante Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Unit, and Pain Relief & Palliative Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Centre, Palermo, Italy; Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Master of Palliative Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gianpiero Porzio L’Aquila per la Vita – Home Care Service, L’Aquila, Italy
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Patrizia Ferrera Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Unit, and Pain Relief & Palliative Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Centre, Palermo, Italy
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Federica Aielli L’Aquila per la Vita – Home Care Service, L’Aquila, Italy
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Claudio Adile Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Unit, and Pain Relief & Palliative Care Unit, La Maddalena Cancer Centre, Palermo, Italy
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Corrado Ficorella Department of Oncology – University of L’Aquila
Pages 2765-2768 | Accepted 13 Oct 2010, Published online: 01 Nov 2010

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Sebastiano Mercadante. (2023) An overview of the current drug treatment strategies for moderate to severe, chronic malignant tumor-related pain. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 0:0, pages 1-9.
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