Research Article
Symptom Burden, Survival and Palliative Care in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Table 4
Symptom control drug use.
| | WHO Class 1 Analgesic,
for example, Paracetamol | WHO Class 2 Analgesic,
for example, Codeine | WHO Class 3 Analgesic,
for example, Morphine sulphate | Agent specified for neuropathic pain,
for example,
Gabapentin | Agent specified for dyspnoea,
for example, Lorazepam |
| | Patients using | 70 | 52 | 52 | 23 | 12 | | % | 86 | 64 | 64 | 28 | 15 | | Median time started before death in weeks (Range) | 39.7
(1–202) | 32.3
(2–206) | 13.9
(1–106) | 11.1
(1–83) | 3.4
(1–56) |
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