TY - JOUR
T1 - Multidisciplinary Management of Cancer Pain
T2 - A Longitudinal Retrospective Study on a Cohort of End-Stage Cancer Patients
AU - Peng, Wen Ling
AU - Wu, Gong Jhe
AU - Sun, Wei Zen
AU - Chen, Jeffrey C.
AU - Huang, Andrew T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was supported by grant no. DOH92-HP-1510 from the Department of Health, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/11/1
Y1 - 2006/11/1
N2 - The epidemiology of cancer pain and the outcomes associated with pain treatments were investigated through a retrospective survey of 772 patients with advanced cancer. The cumulative prevalence of pain was 87%, including all types of cancer. Mean duration of pain was 6.9 ± 8.1 months. The prevalence of pain was 28%, 46%, 67%, 75%, and 79% at 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day before the time of death, respectively. The so-called "strong" opioids had been used in 85% of the 669 patients with pain. Seventy-nine percent of patients with pain received nonsurgical antineoplastic treatment for pain control. No more than 11% of patients ultimately experienced substantial pain in the last 6 months of life (defined as pain score 5-10 on a 0-10 numeric rating scale). We conclude that the application of a multidisciplinary approach to pain management offers effective pain control for most patients with advanced cancer.
AB - The epidemiology of cancer pain and the outcomes associated with pain treatments were investigated through a retrospective survey of 772 patients with advanced cancer. The cumulative prevalence of pain was 87%, including all types of cancer. Mean duration of pain was 6.9 ± 8.1 months. The prevalence of pain was 28%, 46%, 67%, 75%, and 79% at 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day before the time of death, respectively. The so-called "strong" opioids had been used in 85% of the 669 patients with pain. Seventy-nine percent of patients with pain received nonsurgical antineoplastic treatment for pain control. No more than 11% of patients ultimately experienced substantial pain in the last 6 months of life (defined as pain score 5-10 on a 0-10 numeric rating scale). We conclude that the application of a multidisciplinary approach to pain management offers effective pain control for most patients with advanced cancer.
KW - Cancer pain
KW - WHO guidelines
KW - end-stage cancer patient
KW - multidisciplinary pain management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 17085270
AN - SCOPUS:33751022784
SN - 0885-3924
VL - 32
SP - 444
EP - 452
JO - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
JF - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
IS - 5
ER -
