• Do laws impact opioids consumption? A breakpoint analysis based on italian sales data 

      Musazzi, Umberto Maria; Rocco, Paolo; Brunelli, Cinzia; Bisaglia, Luisa; Caraceni, Augusto Tomasso Giovanni; Minghetti, Paola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose: In Italy, where the adoption of opioid analgesics in pain management has been historically poor, an increase in opioids consumption occurred between 2000 and 2015. The aim of this study is to assess, through ...
    • Identification of genetic polymorphisms modulating nausea and vomiting in two series of opioid-treated cancer patients 

      Colombo, Francesca; Pintarelli, Giulia; Galvan, Antonella; Noci, Sara; Corli, Oscar; Skorpen, Frank; Klepstad, Pål; Kaasa, Stein; Pigni, Alessandra; Brunelli, Cinzia; Roberto, Anna; Piazza, Rocco; Pirola, Alessandra; Gambacorti-Passerini, Carlo; Caraceni, Augusto Tomasso Giovanni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Nausea and vomiting are often associated with opioid analgesia in cancer patients; however, only a subset of patients develop such side effects. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the occurrence of nausea and vomiting is ...
    • Integrated Short-term Palliative Rehabilitation to improve quality of life and equitable care access in incurable cancer (INSPIRE): a multinational European research project 

      Bayly, Joanne; Ahmedzai, Hilde Hjelmeland; Blandini, Maria Grazia; Bressi, Barbara; Caraceni, Augusto Tomasso Giovanni; Carvalho Vasconcelos, Joana; Costi, Stefania; Fugazzaro, Stefania; Guberti, Monica; Guldin, Mai-Britt; Hauken, May Aasebø; Higginson, Irene; Laird, Barry J; Ling, Julie; Normand, Charles; Nottelmann, Lise; Oldervoll, Line Merethe; Payne, Cathy; Prevost, A. Toby; Stene, Guro Birgitte; Vanzulli, Elisa; Veber, Eduardo; Economos, Guillaume; Maddocks, Matthew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Disability related to incurable cancer affects over a million Europeans each year and people with cancer rank loss of function among the most common unmet supportive care needs. Objectives: To test the ...