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Alfonso Papa
Researcher at Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli
Publications - 31
Citations - 353
Alfonso Papa is an academic researcher from Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic pain & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 25 publications receiving 231 citations.
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Italian Oncological Pain Survey (IOPS): a multicentre Italian study of breakthrough pain performed in different settings.
Sebastiano Mercadante,Marzia Lazzari,Carlo Reale,Arturo Cuomo,Flavio Fusco,Paolo Marchetti,Rocco Domenico Mediati,Bruno Chiurazzi,Libero Ciuffedra,Augusto Caraceni,Vincenzo Iaffaioli,Massimo Luzzani,Giuseppe Micheletto,Alfonso Papa,William Raffaeli,Alessandro Valle,Michele Caruso,Francesco Di Costanzo,Gianpaolo Pinato,Filippo Nardi,Sandro Barni,Silvia Natoli,Massimo Mammucari,Alessandro Fabrizio Sabato,Mario Dauri +24 more
TL;DR: This survey performed by an Italian observatory expert review group has confirmed that the BTP represents a clinically relevant condition with a negative impact on the patient’s quality of life.
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Factors Influencing the Clinical Presentation of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer Patients
Sebastiano Mercadante,Paolo Marchetti,Arturo Cuomo,Augusto Caraceni,Rocco Domenico Mediati,Renato Vellucci,Massimo Mammucari,Silvia Natoli,Marzia Lazzari,Mario Dauri,Claudio Adile,Mario Airoldi,Giuseppe Azzarello,Mauro Bandera,Livio Blasi,Giacomo Cartenì,Bruno Chiurazzi,Benedetta Veruska Pierpaola Costanzo,Daniela Degiovanni,Flavio Fusco,Vittorio Guardamagna,Vincenzo Iaffaioli,Simeone Liguori,Loredana Palermo,Sergio Mameli,Francesco Masedu,Rodolfo Mattioli,Teresita Mazzei,Rita Maria Melotti,Valentino Menardo,Danilo Miotti,S. Moroso,Gaetano Pascoletti,Stefano De Santis,Remo Orsetti,Alfonso Papa,Sergio Ricci,Elvira Scelzi,Michele Sofia,Giuseppe Tonini,Alessandro Valle,Federica Aielli +41 more
TL;DR: BTP has a variable presentation depending on interdependent relationships among its different characteristics, and age, Karnofsky, background pain intensity, fast onset, and long duration of BTP were independently associated with interference with daily activity.
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Use of Rituximab in NHL Malt Type Pregnant in I° Trimester for Two Times.
Antonello Sica,Paola Vitiello,Alfonso Papa,Armando Calogero,Caterina Sagnelli,Danilo Casale,Maria Mottola,Gino Svanera,Concetta Anna Dodaro,Erika Martinelli,Teresa Troiani,Fortunato Ciardiello,Beniamino Casale +12 more
TL;DR: An exceptional case of a woman with non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type where rituximab was given as a single agent without interruption during two consecutive pregnancies is described, which can certainly supply important indications on the safety of ritUXimab.
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The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 infection, with special reference to the hematological setting.
Antonello Sica,Danilo Casale,Giovanni B. Rossi,Beniamino Casale,Massimo Ciccozzi,Morena Fasano,Marco Ciotti,Evangelista Sagnelli,Alfonso Papa,Caterina Sagnelli +9 more
TL;DR: Information currently available on SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is reported to help young doctors and hematologists to successfully manage patients with COVID‐19.
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Cancer- and Non-cancer Related Chronic Pain: From the Physiopathological Basics to Management.
Antonello Sica,Beniamino Casale,Maria Teresa Di Dato,Armando Calogero,Alessandro Spada,Caterina Sagnelli,Mario Santagata,Pietro Buonavolontà,Alfonso Fiorelli,Anna Maria Salzano,Concetta Anna Dodaro,Erika Martinelli,Elisabetta Saracco,Teresa Troiani,Dario Tammaro,Fortunato Ciardiello,Alfonso Papa +16 more
TL;DR: Intrathecal therapy is one of the best options for chronic severe refractory pain and the greatest advantage of this therapy is the possibility of treating the pain with minimal dosages of the drug, avoiding the appearance of troublesome side effects.