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Pharmacological management of cancer pain in children
2014
The aim of this review was to assess cancer pain management in children on the basis of research published in the last ten years. Nine were papers providing clinical data, with a minimum of ten patients. No controlled studies were found. Regardless of general principles and existing recommendations, clinical data should confirm the applicability of this concept. The trials published in the last years did not provide further information to improve cancer pain management in children, because of the experience and the low number of drugs used, reflecting only meaningful opinions of experts in the field. The amount and the quality of data still remain poor, as only 737 subjects (about 80 patien…