Article History
Received: 10 February 2018
Accepted: 3 August 2018
First Online: 16 August 2018
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: Dr. Sebastiano Mercadante is the Head of the Palliative Care and Cancer Pain Study Group of the Italian Society of Anesthesiology, Analgesia, Reanimation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI – Società Italiana di Anestesia, Analgesia, Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva). Dr. Cesare Gregoretti declared to have no conflict of interest. Dr. Andrea Cortegiani is an Associate Editor for BMC Anesthesiology.
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