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ReviewEcancermedicalscience2019

Advances in pain management for older patients with cancer.

Georges El Hachem, Francisco Oliveira Rocha, Thierry Pepersack, Youssef Jounblat, Annie Drowart, Lissandra Dal Lago

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Review in Ecancermedicalscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Lifetime Pain Management Experiences of Female Breast Cancer Survivors Aged 65+ Years.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2025
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  12. Paracetamol: A Review of Guideline Recommendations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Georges El HachemDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, University of Balamand, PO Box 166378, Ashrafieh, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.
Francisco Oliveira RochaMedical Oncology Department, Institut Jules Bordet, L'Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B), Brussels, Belgium.
Thierry PepersackMedical Oncology Department, Institut Jules Bordet, L'Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B), Brussels, Belgium.
Youssef JounblatDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Lebanese University, PO Box 6573/14, Badaro, Museum, Beirut, Lebanon.
Annie DrowartMedical Oncology Department, Institut Jules Bordet, L'Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B), Brussels, Belgium.
Lissandra Dal LagoMedical Oncology Department, Institut Jules Bordet, L'Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B), Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The population of older patients is growing with a rising prevalence of cancer diagnoses and cancer-related pain syndromes. Older patients are also vulnerable to misleading pain evaluations and under treatment with opioids. Barriers to the effective and safe management of analgesics include pain assessments and the complex management of the best analgesic choice and dose-titration while achieving the fewest side effects. In this review, we will provide an overview of the challenges present in assessment and treatment choices, along with practical tips for routine clinical practice.

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cancerGeriatric patientspain assessmentpain management

Identifiers

PMID32010204
PMCPMC6974363

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