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Opioid treatment failure in cancer patients: the role of clinical and genetic factors.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Aug 2016
Oosten Astrid W, Matic Maja, van Schaik Ron H, Look Maxime P, Jongen Joost L, Mathijssen Ron H, van der Rijt Carin C
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AIM: To identify clinical and genetic factors associated with outcome of opioid treatment. PATIENTS & METHODS: We performed an exploratory analysis in a cohort of 353 patients treated with fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone and/or hydromorphone for cancer-related pain, exploring selected clinical and pharmacogenetic factors for a correlation with treatment failure for all and per type of opioid. RESULTS: Use of...
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