Morphine for the Treatment of Pain in Patients With Breast Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2001-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Morphine helps to relieve the pain associated with cancer surgery. Giving morphine
in different ways may offer more pain relief.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well morphine injected directly into
the underarm area works compared with morphine injected into the back of the shoulder in
treating pain in patients who have breast cancer and who are undergoing axillary lymph node
dissection.