The Gap between Tobacco Treatment Guidelines, Health Service Organization, and Clinical Practice in Comprehensive Cancer Centres

Table 2

Characteristics of the last 11 inpatients diagnosed with acute withdrawal symptoms and treated at the National Cancer Institute of Milan.

Gender	Age	Disease	Setting	Symptoms	Therapy
M	56	Bladder cancer	Surgery	Restlessness	NRT inhaler
F	42	Breast cancer	Reconstructive	Dysphoria, insomnia	NRT inhaler
M	34	Metastatic sarcoma	Palliative	Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia	NRT patch
F	74	Oropharyngeal cancer	Surgery	Restlessness	NRT patch
F	43	Metastatic ovary cancer	Surgery	Anxiety, insomnia, difficulty concentrating	NRT patch, inhaler
M	66	Lung cancer	Surgery	Anxiety, restlessness	NRT patch
F	52	Metastatic breast cancer	Chemotherapy	Insomnia, restlessness, dysphoria	NRT patch, inhaler
M	56	Oropharyngeal cancer	Surgery	Restlessness, craving	NRT patch
M	28	Kidney cancer	Palliative	Anxiety, insomnia, craving	NRT patch, inhaler
M	28	Nose cancer	Palliative	Restlessness, craving	NRT patch, inhaler
M	62	Colon cancer	Surgery	Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia	NRT patch