What is it about?
In advanced cancer patients, pain may be difficult to treat. Intrathecal drugs administration is a very diffused option. In this study, three different medicines were combined, for an optimal results.
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Why is it important?
This research has shown the importance of a tailored therapy with combination of different analgesics, when terminal cancer patients have a difficult pain to be treated.
Perspectives
The study is opening a research path on the treatment of cancer pain patients. More studies would be necessary to explore new combinations, and/or diffeent dosages of the same drugs.
Professor Giustino Varrassi
Paolo Procacci Foundation
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This page is a summary of: Triple Intrathecal Combination Therapy for End-Stage Cancer-Related Refractory Pain: A Prospective Observational Study with Two-Month Follow-Up, Pain and Therapy, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media, DOI: 10.1007/s40122-020-00169-1.
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