Clinical Study
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 |
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