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Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
;
: 61-63, 2015.
Article
Dans Anglais
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-49705
Résumé
High-dose steroid therapy is known as effective adjuvant therapy for refractory bone pain due to metastasis of solid cancer. However, the standard dose and duration have not been established to date. Long term maintenance with steroid therapy is not encouraged due to its potential adverse effects. Here, we report a case of a terminal cancer patient who maintained high dose steroid therapy to alleviate refractory bone pain with complication of systemic fungal infection.