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Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer 8/2019

01-08-2019 | Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia | Commentary

Pain and related complaints in patients with acute leukemia: time for simultaneous care in hemato-oncology

Authors: Pasquale Niscola, Andrea Tendas, Carla Mazzone, Fabio Efficace

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 8/2019

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Abstract

This commentary deals with the need of an early integration between hematologist and palliative care specialists as well as pain therapists as a routine basis in order to ensure the best management of patients affected by acute leukemia from the onset of the disease and in the stages of causal therapy. This strategy could limit the burden of painful symptoms and, in addition, avoid unnecessary suffering to patients, ensuring the best conditions for optimal outcome of these patients with extremely high clinical complexity and symptomatology who receive intensive treatments or who are managed with novel treatment approaches.
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Metadata
Title
Pain and related complaints in patients with acute leukemia: time for simultaneous care in hemato-oncology
Authors
Pasquale Niscola
Andrea Tendas
Carla Mazzone
Fabio Efficace
Publication date
01-08-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04743-y

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