Adequacy of Pain Management in Patients Referred for Radiation Therapy: A Subanalysis of the Multicenter ARISE-1 Study.
Costanza M DonatiChiara Maria MaggioreMarco MaltoniRomina RossiElena NardiAlice ZamagniGiambattista SiepeFilippo MamminiFrancesco CelliniAlessia Di RitoMaurizio PortaluriCristina De TommasoAnna SantacaterinaConsuelo TamburellaRossella Di FrancoSalvatore ParisiSabrina CossaVincenzo FuscoAntonella BianculliPierpaolo ZiccarelliLuigi ZiccarelliDomenico GenovesiLuciana CaravattaFrancesco DeodatoGabriella MacchiaFrancesco FioricaGiuseppe NapoliMilly BuwengeAlessio Giuseppe MorgantiPublished in: Cancers (2023)
In this study, a substantial proportion of cancer patients referred to RT departments did not receive adequate pain management. Educational and organizational strategies are necessary to address the inadequate pain management observed in this population. Moreover, increasing the attention paid to non-cancer pain and an earlier referral of patients for palliative RT in the course of the disease may improve pain response and treatment outcomes.