ArticlePain research & management2019
Characteristics of Chronic Pain among Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation Therapy: A Retrospective Study.
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- Prevalence and characteristics of persistent pain among head and neck cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks to Treat Head and Neck Cancer-Related Pain: A Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2025Review
- Prevalence and incidence of chronic neuropathic pain and its association with anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances in brazilian head and neck cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Observational
- A Scoping Review of Clinical Features and Mechanisms of Orofacial Pain and Headache in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Characteristics of Cannabis Use Among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Machine learning predicting acute pain and opioid dose in radiation treated oropharyngeal cancer patients.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Photobiomodulation therapy in the treatment of radiotherapy-related trismus of the head and neck.Lasers in medical science · 2023Article
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- Altered metabolic connectivity between the amygdala and default mode network is related to pain perception in patients with cancer.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Risk of Chronic Opioid Use After Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in radiation oncologyArticle
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Abstract
Pain is common among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). However, there are very limited data on chronic pain among HNC patients treated with radiation therapy (XRT). In this retrospective study, we focused on the characteristics of chronic post-XRT pain in such patients. Post-XRT pain is common among HNC patients; however, we found discrepancy between frequency of treatment and frequency of chronic pain, suggesting poor documentation of pain in the medical records. Among patients who reported to have chronic post-XRT pain, most of them described having severe pain and used descriptors of neuropathic pain. Pharynx was the commonest site of cancer as well as the commonest site of cancer-related chronic pain; squamous cell carcinoma was the most frequent histological pattern, and opioids were used most often to treat such chronic pain. There was a significant association between chronic pain and number of sites of pain, and chronic pain was also associated with use of opioids.
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