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Selection of opioids for cancer-related pain using a biomarker: a randomized, multi-institutional, open-label trial (RELIEF study)

BACKGROUND: Cancer patients experience pain that has physiological, sensory, affective, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural dimensions. Opioids are used in treatment of pain in patients with various types of cancer. We previously showed that the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) genotype is r...

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Autores principales: Matsuoka, Hiromichi, Tsurutani, Junji, Chiba, Yasutaka, Fujita, Yoshihiko, Terashima, Masato, Yoshida, Takeshi, Sakai, Kiyohiro, Otake, Yoichi, Koyama, Atsuko, Nishio, Kazuto, Nakagawa, Kazuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5639590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28985716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3664-z