Table 2.

Effect of palliative drug therapy on pain scores and quality of life in patients with advanced cancer over a period of 2-month follow-up

	VAS$ (mean±SD)	Quality of life# (mean±SD)
Baseline (n=93)	7.13±2.2	919.78±271.3
1 Month (n=93)	2.62±2.1***	1280.65±306.8**
Baseline (n=51)	7.06±2.1	950.39±238.2
1 Month (n=51)	2.47±2.1***	1336.67±291**
2 Months (n=51)	2.02±1.9***	1405.49±368.3**

^**P<0.01

^***P<0.001 versus 0 month baseline values

^$VAS = Visual analog scale (0, no pain; 10, maximum pain). Decrease in score implies reduction in pain

^#Quality of life: Quality of life index (0, minimum; 2800, maximum). Increase in score denotes improvement in quality of life