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Cancer pain management and the roles of pharmacists in China

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Pain management impacts cancer treatment and patients’ quality of life. This commentary describes the current state of cancer pain management in China. Areas of focus include creating the Good Pain Management model wards at hospitals and exploring pharmacy pain management clinics for community-dwelling cancer patients.

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  1. Chengliang Zhang and Jian Xiao have contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China

    Chengliang Zhang, Zaoqin Yu & Dong Liu

  2. Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

    Jian Xiao & Shusen Sun

  3. The Hunan Institute of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

    Jian Xiao & Shusen Sun

  4. Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Western New England University, Springfield, MA, 01119, USA

    Shusen Sun

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Zhang, C., Xiao, J., Yu, Z. et al. Cancer pain management and the roles of pharmacists in China. Int J Clin Pharm 43, 383–385 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-021-01230-5

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