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Overview

Christine Miaskowski is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. The primary field of their research is Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Physiology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Among recent publications featuring their work are:

  • "Stress and Symptom Burden in Oncology Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • "Loneliness and symptom burden in oncology patients during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, Cancer

Other notable papers co-authored alongside Christine Miaskowski but led by different authors include:

  • "Real time remote symptom monitoring during chemotherapy for cancer: European multicentre randomised controlled trial (eSMART)," 2021, BMJ
  • "Symptom clusters in patients receiving chemotherapy: A systematic review," 2021, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
  • "Identifying Symptom Information in Clinical Notes Using Natural Language Processing," 2020, Nursing Research

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Christine Miaskowski include:

  • Yvette P. Conley
  • Steven M. Paul
  • Kord M. Kober
  • Marilyn J. Hammer
  • Jon D. Levine

Christine Miaskowski has published often in several key venues within their research area, including:

  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Cancer Nursing
  • Seminars in Oncology Nursing
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • Oncology Nursing Forum

Best Publications

  • Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendations.

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Miroslav Backonja;John T. Farrar

  • Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain

    Roger Chou;Gilbert J. Fanciullo;Perry G. Fine;Jeremy A. Adler

  • Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain: An Overview and Literature Update

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Joseph Audette;Ralf Baron

  • Impact of Cancer-Related Fatigue on the Lives of Patients: New Findings From the Fatigue Coalition

    Gregory A. Curt;William Breitbart;David Cella;Jerome E. Groopman

  • Advancing the science of symptom management.

    Marylin Dodd;Susan Janson;Noreen Facione;Julia Faucett

  • Symptom clusters and their effect on the functional status of patients with cancer.

    Marylin J. Dodd;Christine Miaskowski;Steven M. Paul

  • American Pain Society recommendations for improving the quality of acute and cancer pain management: American Pain Society quality of care task force

    Debra B. Gordon;June L. Dahl;Christine Miaskowski;Bill McCarberg

  • Review of the literature on the effects of caring for a patient with cancer.

    Una Stenberg;Cornelia M. Ruland;Cornelia M. Ruland;Christine Miaskowski;Christine Miaskowski

  • The prevalence, severity, and impact of opioid-induced bowel dysfunction: results of a US and European Patient Survey (PROBE 1)

    Timothy J. Bell;Sunil J. Panchal;Christine Miaskowski;Susan C. Bolge

  • Kappa–opioids produce significantly greater analgesia in women than in men

    Robert W. Gear;Christine Miaskowski;Newton C. Gordon;Steven M. Paul

  • Management of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline

    Judith A. Paice;Russell Portenoy;Christina Lacchetti;Toby Campbell

  • Research Gaps on Use of Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain: Findings From a Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline

    Roger Chou;Jane C. Ballantyne;Gilbert J. Fanciullo;Perry G. Fine

  • Symptom clusters: the new frontier in symptom management research.

    Christine Miaskowski;Marylin Dodd;Kathryn Lee

  • Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: prediction and identification of aberrant drug-related behaviors: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine clinical practice guideline.

    Roger Chou;Gilbert J. Fanciullo;Perry G. Fine;Christine Miaskowski

  • Pain, Fatigue, and Sleep Disturbances in Oncology Outpatients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastasis: A Pilot Study

    Christine Miaskowski;Kathryn A. Lee

  • Burn Injury Pain: The Continuing Challenge

    Gretchen J. Summer;Kathleen A. Puntillo;Christine Miaskowski;Paul G. Green

  • Subgroups of patients with cancer with different symptom experiences and quality-of-life outcomes: a cluster analysis.

    Christine Miaskowski;Bruce A. Cooper;Steven M. Paul;Marylin Dodd

  • The kappa opioid nalbuphine produces gender- and dose-dependent analgesia and antianalgesia in patients with postoperative pain

    Robert W. Gear;Christine Miaskowski;Newton C. Gordon;Steven M. Paul

  • Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain in the general Norwegian population

    Tone Rustøen;Astrid Klopstad Wahl;Berit Rokne Hanestad;Anners Lerdal;Anners Lerdal

  • Symptoms experienced by intensive care unit patients at high risk of dying.

    Kathleen A. Puntillo;Shoshana Arai;Neal H. Cohen;Michael A. Gropper

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Paul
Steven M. Paul University of California, San Francisco
Bradley E. Aouizerat
Bradley E. Aouizerat New York University
Jon D. Levine
Jon D. Levine University of California, San Francisco
Kathryn A. Lee
Kathryn A. Lee University of California, San Francisco
William M. Wara
William M. Wara Kaiser Permanente
John Neuhaus
John Neuhaus University of California, San Francisco
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco
David R. Bangsberg
David R. Bangsberg Simon Fraser University
Hope S. Rugo
Hope S. Rugo University of California, San Francisco
Katherine K. Matthay
Katherine K. Matthay University of California, San Francisco

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