The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 323-328 , March 2009

Persistent Smoking After a Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Is Associated With Higher Reported Pain Levels

  • Marcella Daniel

      Affiliations

    • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Francis J. Keefe

      Affiliations

    • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Pauline Lyna

      Affiliations

    • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Bercedis Peterson

      Affiliations

    • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Jennifer Garst

      Affiliations

    • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Mike Kelley

      Affiliations

    • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Gerold Bepler

      Affiliations

    • H. Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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  • Lori A. Bastian

      Affiliations

    • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Lori A. Bastian, Durham VA, 508 Fulton Street (152), Durham, NC 27705.

Received 5 June 2008 ,Revised 3 October 2008 ,Accepted 7 October 2008.

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 Supported by National Cancer Institute grant 5UO1-CA-92622.

PII: S1526-5900(08)00829-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.10.006

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 323-328 , March 2009

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