The Prevalence and Characteristics of Breakthrough Cancer Pain in Patients Receiving Low Doses of Opioids for Background Pain by Sebastiano Mercadante, Marco Maltoni, Domenico Russo, Claudio Adile, Patrizia Ferrera, Romina Rossi, Marta Rosati, Alessandra Casuccio

“…The mean time to meaningful pain relief after taking a BTcP medication was >20 min in 44.5% of patients. …”
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Episodic Breathlessness with and without Background Dyspnea in Advanced Cancer Patients Admitted to an Acute Supportive Care Unit by Sebastiano Mercadante, Claudio Adile, Patrizia Ferrera, Giuseppe Bonanno, Vincenzo Restivo, Alessandra Casuccio

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Pain Catastrophizing in Cancer Patients by Sebastiano Mercadante, Patrizia Ferrera, Alessio Lo Cascio, Alessandra Casuccio

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Houston, we have a problem of opioid crisis… and Rome? by Sebastiano Mercadante

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The Paradigm Shift from End of Life to Pre-Emptive Palliative Care in Patients with Cancer by Sebastiano Mercadante

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Breakthrough Pain in Patients with Lung Cancer. A Secondary Analysis of IOPS MS Study by Sebastiano Mercadante, Francesco Masedu, Marco Valenti, Federica Aielli

“…Opioids used for BTcP, the mean time to meaningful pain relief after taking medication, satisfaction and adverse effects were assessed. …”
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A Longitudinal Study of Breakthrough Cancer Pain: An Extension of IOPS-MS Study by Sebastiano Mercadante, Augusto Caraceni, Arturo Cuomo, Massimo Mammucari, Paolo Marchetti, Rocco Domenico Mediati, Silvia Natoli, Giuseppe Tonini

“…Analgesics and doses used for BTcP, and the mean time to meaningful pain relief after taking medication, were assessed. The level of satisfaction with BTcP medication was also assessed. …”
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Factors Influencing the Clinical Presentation of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer Patients by Sebastiano Mercadante, Paolo Marchetti, Arturo Cuomo, Augusto Caraceni, Rocco Domenico Mediati, Renato Vellucci, Massimo Mammucari, Silvia Natoli, Marzia Lazzari, Mario Dauri, Claudio Adile, Mario Airoldi, Giuseppe Azzarello, Mauro Bandera, Livio Blasi, Giacomo Cartenì, Bruno Chiurazzi, Benedetta Veruska Pierpaola Costanzo, Daniela Degiovanni, Flavio Fusco, Vittorio Guardamagna, Vincenzo Iaffaioli, Simeone Liguori, Loredana Palermo, Sergio Mameli, Francesco Masedu, Rodolfo Mattioli, Teresita Mazzei, Rita Maria Melotti, Valentino Menardo, Danilo Miotti, Stefano Moroso, Gaetano Pascoletti, Stefano De Santis, Remo Orsetti, Alfonso Papa, Sergio Ricci, Elvira Scelzi, Michele Sofia, Giuseppe Tonini, Alessandro Valle, Federica Aielli, on behalf of the IOPS-MS Study Group

“…The average time to meaningful pain relief was 16.5 min and 70.9% of patients were satisfied with their BTP medications. …”
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The Patient with Difficult Cancer Pain by Sebastiano Mercadante

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A better interpretation of data regarding the opioid switching to methadone by Sebastiano Mercadante

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Interventional Techniques for the Management of Cancer-Related Pain: Clinical and Critical Aspects by Geana Paula Kurita, Per Sjøgren, Pål Klepstad, Sebastiano Mercadante

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Once again... breakthrough cancer pain: an updated overview by Sebastiano Mercadante

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Refractory Cancer Pain and Intrathecal Therapy: Critical Review of a Systematic Review by Sebastiano Mercadante

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Cancer: New Needs, New Models. Is It Time for a Community Oncologist? Another Brick in the Wall by Paolo Tralongo, Vittorio Gebbia, Sebastiano Mercadante, Roberto Bordonaro, Francesco Ferraù, Sandro Barni, Alberto Firenze

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Practical Advices for Treating Chronic Pain in the Time of COVID-19: A Narrative Review Focusing on Interventional Techniques by Giuliano Lo Bianco, Alfonso Papa, Michael E. Schatman, Andrea Tinnirello, Gaetano Terranova, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Hannah Shapiro, Sebastiano Mercadante

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Multidimensional Statistical Technique for Interpreting the Spontaneous Breakthrough Cancer Pain Phenomenon. A Secondary Analysis from the IOPS-MS Study by Marco Cascella, Anna Crispo, Gennaro Esposito, Cira Antonietta Forte, Sergio Coluccia, Giuseppe Porciello, Alfonso Amore, Sabrina Bimonte, Sebastiano Mercadante, Augusto Caraceni, Massimo Mammucari, Paolo Marchetti, Rocco Domenico Mediati, Silvia Natoli, Giuseppe Tonini, Arturo Cuomo

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Careful Breakthrough Cancer Pain Treatment through Rapid-Onset Transmucosal Fentanyl Improves the Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: Results from the BEST Multicenter Study by Arturo Cuomo, Marco Cascella, Cira Antonietta Forte, Sabrina Bimonte, Gennaro Esposito, Stefano De Santis, Luigi Cavanna, Flavio Fusco, Mario Dauri, Silvia Natoli, Marco Maltoni, Alessandro Morabito, Rocco Domenico Mediati, Vito Lorusso, Sandro Barni, Giampiero Porzio, Sebastiano Mercadante, Anna Crispo

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