ArticleCancer2014
Pain experiences among a population-based cohort of current, former, and never regular smokers with lung and colorectal cancer.
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- Tobacco Assessment in Actively Accruing National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Network Trials.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Cigarette Smoking and Symptom Burden: Baseline Results From Nine ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Clinical Trials.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- A scoping review of pain and tobacco use among cancer survivors.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- Consensus statement on smoking cessation in patients with pain.Journal of anesthesia · 2022Review
- Long-term follow-up of smokers following lung and colorectal cancer diagnosis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Smoking cessation after cancer diagnosis reduces the risk of severe cancer pain: A longitudinal cohort study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Is nutritional status associated with the level of anxiety, depression and pain in patients with lung cancer?Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking and pain are prevalent and comorbid among patients with cancer. Limited work has compared pain experiences among current, former, and never (regular) smokers with lung and colorectal cancer.
methodsWe studied pain experiences of patients with lung (n = 2390) and colorectal (n = 2993) cancer participating in the multi-regional Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance study. We examined reports of pain, pain treatment, pain severity, and pain-related interference within each cancer group by smoking status, adjusting for demographic, psychosocial, and cancer characteristics.
resultsAmong lung cancer patients, current smokers reported pain and receiving pain treatment more often than former smokers. Never smokers did not differ from current and former smokers on endorsement of pain; however, they reported pain treatment less often than their counterparts. Current smokers reported greater pain severity than former smokers after adjusting for other contributing factors; however, no differences were detected between current and never smokers. There were no differences in pain-related interference. Among colorectal cancer patients, current smokers reported pain and pain treatment more often than former and never smokers; however, the latter 2 groups did not differ. Current smokers also reported greater pain severity than never smokers after adjustments; however, no differences were detected between current and former smokers. An identical pattern of findings was observed for pain-related interference.
conclusionsMany smokers with lung and colorectal cancer experience pain following a cancer diagnosis. Future work should assess if comprehensive smoking cessation treatments that address pain can reduce pain and facilitate smoking cessation among patients with cancer.
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