High prevalence of severe pain is associated with low opioid availability in patients with advanced cancer: Combined database study and nationwide questionnaire survey in Japan.
Maiko Hasegawa-MoriyamaYasuhide MoriokaShinzo HiroiNoriyuki NayaYura SuzukiYuichi KoretakaErina HaraHiroaki AbeKanji UchidaMasahiko SumitaniPublished in: Neuropsychopharmacology reports (2024)
The very low availability of opioids for patients with end-stage cancer could result in high rate of severe-to-intolerable cancer-related pain patients. There were several limitations in this study, and the interpretations of the findings should be carefully. However, the increase in the absolute dose of opioids could improve the palliative care framework to the pain control levels of the global standard.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- palliative care
- advanced cancer
- end stage renal disease
- neuropathic pain
- chronic kidney disease
- early onset
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- emergency department
- spinal cord injury
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported