ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2014
Breast cancer pain management - a review of current & novel therapies.
Review in The Indian journal of medical research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- [Psychological treatments for pain in cancer patients : A systematic review on the current state of research].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2016Pooled it
- Effect of Pain Coping Skills Training on Pain and Pain Medication Use for Women With Breast Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Trial
- A Decision Tree Analysis on the Impact of a Technology-Based Program on Symptom Distress: Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2022Trial
- Decreasing menopausal symptoms of Asian American breast cancer survivors through a technology-based information and coaching/support program.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Trial
- Chronic cancer pain in adult oncology centers of Northern Ethiopia: prevalence, determinants, and clinical impact - a multi-center cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- The Effects of Music on Inflammation: A Bibliometric Study from 1989 to 2024.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Research progress on the impact of opioids on the tumor immune microenvironment (Review).Molecular and clinical oncology · 2025Review
- Analgesic efficacy and safety of erector spinae plane block versus serratus anterior plane block in breast surgery-a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2024Review
- Exploring the Impact of Sarcopenia on Mortality in Breast Cancer Patients: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Utilisation of traditional medicine among women diagnosed with breast cancer in Ghana: a descriptive phenomenological study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
- Predictors of postoperative pain six months after breast surgery.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Usability Testing of a New Digital Integrated Health Ecosystem (PainRELife) for the Clinical Management of Chronic Pain in Patients With Early Breast Cancer: Protocol for a Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Pain associated with breast cancer: etiologies and therapies.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Ethosomal gel for rectal transmucosal delivery of domperidone: design of experiment,Drug delivery · 2022Article
- Clusters by Menopausal Symptoms: Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Western journal of nursing research · 2022Article
- Pain management practices for outpatients with breast cancer.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2022Article
- Opioids in cancer: The κ‑opioid receptor (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2022Review
- Cytotoxicity of synthetic derivatives against breast cancer and multi-drug resistant breast cancer cell lines: a literature-based perspective study.Cancer cell international · 2021Review
- Health-Related Suffering and Palliative Care in Breast Cancer.Current breast cancer reports · 2021Review
- The Preliminary Efficacy of a Technology-Based Cancer Pain Management Program Among Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2020Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers amongst women in the world. Unfortunately, even after adequate treatment, some patients experience severe pain either due to disease progression or due to treatment related side effects. The persistent pain causes a negative physical and psychosocial impact on patients' lives. Current rational pain management is patient-centred and requires a thorough psychological assessment. Usually adequate analgesia is achieved by adopting the WHO's three step analgesic ladder. As the disease progresses, the pain experienced by the patient also increases. This necessitates the administration of opioids and adjuvant analgesics to the breast cancer patients experiencing severe pain. However, opioid use is associated with intolerable side effects like constipation, nausea, vomiting, fear of dependence, and tolerance. Concomitant medications are required to combat these unacceptable side effects. Adjuvant analgesics need to be added to provide adequate and satisfactory analgesia. These factors worsen the psychological state of patients and deteriorate their quality of life. Hence, there is a need to develop therapeutic modalities to provide adequate analgesia with minimum side effects. This review article focuses on the current treatments available for cancer pain management, their limitations, and novel targets and non-pharmacological measures under investigation which have the potential to produce a radical change in pain management measures for the breast cancer patients.
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