TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence and management of noncancer pain in cancer patients referred to a radiotherapy center
AU - Massaccesi, Mariangela
AU - Deodato, Francesco
AU - Caravatta, Luciana
AU - MacChia, Gabriella
AU - Padula, Gilbert D A
AU - Di Rito, Sonia
AU - Woldemariam, Aynalem A.
AU - Rossi, Marco
AU - Di Falco, Carlo
AU - Tambaro, Rosa
AU - Mignogna, Samantha
AU - Flocco, Mariano
AU - Pacelli, Fabio
AU - Valentini, Vincenzo
AU - Cellini, Numa
AU - Morganti, Alessio G.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - OBJECTIVES: The incidence of noncancer pain (NCP) in cancer patients is unknown. An analysis of incidence, severity, impact on quality of life (QoL), and appropriateness of NCP treatment in a cohort of cancer patients referred to a radiotherapy center is reported. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pain was scored from 0 (absence) to 3 (severe) and the adequacy of analgesic therapy was evaluated according to International Guidelines. Correlation between Pain Management Index and World Health Organization Analgesic Ladder was used to analyze the appropriateness of NCP treatment. In addition, pain was differentiated according to its origin and types and a comparison was performed between cancer pain (CP) and NCP. RESULTS: A total of 903 patients were eligible and 865 (95.8%) were considered evaluable. Three hundred ninety-eight patients (46.0%) had pain. CP and NCP pain incidence was 11.2% and 34.8%, respectively. Pain intensity was higher in patients with CP versus NCP (P=0.021). A neuropathic pain lower incidence (P=0.024) in NCP versus CP was recorded. Moreover, NCP was more inadequately treated than CP (P
AB - OBJECTIVES: The incidence of noncancer pain (NCP) in cancer patients is unknown. An analysis of incidence, severity, impact on quality of life (QoL), and appropriateness of NCP treatment in a cohort of cancer patients referred to a radiotherapy center is reported. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pain was scored from 0 (absence) to 3 (severe) and the adequacy of analgesic therapy was evaluated according to International Guidelines. Correlation between Pain Management Index and World Health Organization Analgesic Ladder was used to analyze the appropriateness of NCP treatment. In addition, pain was differentiated according to its origin and types and a comparison was performed between cancer pain (CP) and NCP. RESULTS: A total of 903 patients were eligible and 865 (95.8%) were considered evaluable. Three hundred ninety-eight patients (46.0%) had pain. CP and NCP pain incidence was 11.2% and 34.8%, respectively. Pain intensity was higher in patients with CP versus NCP (P=0.021). A neuropathic pain lower incidence (P=0.024) in NCP versus CP was recorded. Moreover, NCP was more inadequately treated than CP (P
KW - neoplastic
KW - neuropathic
KW - nociceptive
KW - noncancer
KW - pain
KW - radiotherapy
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U2 - 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31827eb5e6
DO - 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31827eb5e6
M3 - Article
C2 - 23370088
AN - SCOPUS:84885426772
VL - 29
SP - 944
EP - 947
JO - Clinical Journal of Pain
JF - Clinical Journal of Pain
SN - 0749-8047
IS - 11
ER -