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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2016

Road map for pain management in pancreatic cancer: A review.

Marie José Lahoud, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Joelle Antoun, Lana El Osta, Marwan Ghosn

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Pain at the end of life in patients with cancer: a population-based study on prevalence, relief, and the role of pain assessment.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  11. Quality of Life in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer-A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  14. Mechanisms of cancer pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Marie José LahoudMarie José Lahoud, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Hampig Raphael KourieMarie José Lahoud, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Joelle AntounMarie José Lahoud, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Lana El OstaMarie José Lahoud, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Marwan GhosnMarie José Lahoud, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beside its poor prognosis and its late diagnosis, pancreatic cancer remains one of the most painful malignancies. Optimal management of pain in this cancer represents a real challenge for the oncologist whose objective is to ensure a better quality of life to his patients. We aimed in this paper to review all the treatment modalities incriminated in the management of pain in pancreatic cancer going from painkillers, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and interventional techniques to agents under investigation and alternative medicine. Although specific guidelines and recommendations for pain management in pancreatic cancer are still absent, we present all the possible pain treatments, with a progression from medical multimodal treatment to radiotherapy and chemotherapy then interventional techniques in case of resistance. In addition, alternative methods such as acupuncture and hypnosis can be added at any stage and seems to contribute to pain relief.

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InterventionalMedicalPain managementPancreatic cancerTreatment

Identifiers

PMID27574552
PMCPMC4980650

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