European Journal of Cancer
Volume 46, Issue 16 , Pages 2865-2866 , November 2010

An international multicentre validation study of a pain classification system for cancer patients

  • Stein Kaasa

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Pain and Palliation Research Group, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Tel.: +47 91 89 10 01; fax: +47 728 26028.

Received 6 July 2010 ,Accepted 14 July 2010.

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PII: S0959-8049(10)00697-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.019

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 46, Issue 16 , Pages 2865-2866 , November 2010

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