Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 894-902 , December 2009

Genetic and Nongenetic Covariates of Pain Severity in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Assessing the Influence of Cytokine Genes

  • Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1155 Pressler Street, Unit 1340, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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  • Sanjay Shete, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Sriram Yennurajalingam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Supportive Care Center, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Marsha Frazier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Eduardo Bruera, MD

      Affiliations

    • Supportive Care Center, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Razelle Kurzrock, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Christopher H. Crane, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • James Abbruzzese, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroinstestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Douglas Evans, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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  • Margaret R. Spitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

,Accepted 23 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by Public Health Service grants CA109043 and CA128069 from the National Cancer Institute. Patient consent and acquisition of blood specimens were supported by the Various Donor Fund for Pancreatic Cancer Research and National Institutes of Health grant CA101936 (SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer), The Texas Medical Center Genetics Consortium, and the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00597-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.019

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 6 , Pages 894-902 , December 2009

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