Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
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Support Care Cancer · May 2013
Treatment of acute and chronic focal neuropathic pain in cancer patients with lidocaine 5 % patches. A radiation and oncology department experience.
This study aims to evaluate the utility of a new technology, Lidocaine 5 % patch (L5%P), for providing analgesia without other sensory deficit in cancer patients with focal neuropathic pain (NP) related or not with cancer. ⋯ The results indicate that there are patients with NP within a cancer setting who are suitable for treatment and successfully managed with topical L5%P, alone or in combination with other drugs.