Vol 1, No 1 (April 24, 2012): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Editorial

Introduction to the inaugural issue of Annals of Palliative Medicine
Howard S. Smith, Zhi-hua Zhu
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Opioid-induced hyperalgesia method is a clinically relevant issue
Laxmaiah Manchikanti
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The double cross of morphine: Stopping OIH in its tracks
Kirsty Bannister, Anthony H. Dickenson
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Opioid-induced hyperalgesia: What to do when it occurs?
Stephan A. Schug
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Cancer pain management: What should be done to improve effectiveness?
Winnie K.W. So
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Original Article

Opioid-induced hyperalgesia after rapid titration with intravenous morphine: Switching and re-titration to intravenous methadone
Sebastiano Mercadante, Patrizia Ferrera, Edoardo Arcuri, Alessandra Casuccio
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Review Article

Painful boney metastases
Howard S. Smith
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Assessment and treatment of cancer pain: from Western to Eastern
Dongrong Situ, Jian Wang, Wenlong Shao, Zhi-Hua Zhu
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Rapid onset opioids in palliative medicine
Howard S. Smith
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Advances in the use of opioids in treating neuropathic cancer pain
Xiaomei Li, Yanjuan Dong, Huili Li, Su Wang, Duanqi Liu
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Neuromodulation and palliative medicine
Howard S. Smith
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Progenitor/stem cell transplantation for repair of myocardial infarction: Hype or hope?
Yuliang Feng, Yuhua Wang, Nan Cao, Huangtian Yang, Yigang Wang
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Perspective

Palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases: short-course or long-course?
Yu-jia Zhu
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Painful bone metastases – Can we do better?
Howard S. Smith
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:81-82
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Research Highlight

Denosumab will play an important role in patients with solid tumours and bone metastases
Vera Hirsh
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Early palliative care in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Carsten Nieder, Jan Norum
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