ArticlePreventing chronic disease2020
Pain Among Cancer Survivors.
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- Correlation between mental health and pain-related impairment in patients with chronic cancer-related pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Rural-Urban Differences in the Prevalence of Chronic Pain Among Adult Cancer Survivors.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Network analysis of quality of life among young and middle-aged Korean cancer survivors.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Age-appropriate needs-based care in an onco-primary care survivorship program for survivors of childhood, adolescent and young adult, and adult cancers.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Understanding the Experiences of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: Quantitative Analysis of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Patient Registry.Journal of participatory medicine · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life in long-term early-stage breast cancer survivors compared to general population in Korea.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Relationship between pain and nonopioid substance use in two national samples of cancer survivors.Cancer · 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
- Optimizing pain management in breast cancer care: Utilizing 'All of Us' data and deep learning to identify patients at elevated risk for chronic pain.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2025Observational
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Abstract
introductionPain is one of the most common symptoms that people with cancer experience. Identification of demographic, physiologic, and behavioral correlates of pain among cancer survivors could help identify subgroups most in need of pain management.
methodsWe analyzed data from the 2012, 2014, and 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Cancer Survivorship Optional Module, which was completed by 18 states and territories, to describe demographic and physiologic characteristics of cancer survivors reporting physical pain caused by cancer or cancer treatment. Adjusted and unadjusted population-based estimates and 95% confidence intervals were calculated.
resultsOf 12,019 cancer survivor respondents, 9.5% reported current pain related to cancer or cancer treatment. Current pain differed significantly by sex, race/ethnicity, age, and cancer type. Current pain was reported most often among survivors with more than 3 chronic diseases (16.7%) compared with survivors with none (8.1%) or 1 or 2 (10.0%). Pain was higher among survivors reporting fair or poor general health (18.0%) than among survivors reporting otherwise, and higher among survivors reporting more than 14 days of poor physical health (16.6%) or poor mental health (14.8%) compared with less than 14 days (in the past 30 days).
conclusionsOur results suggest that approximately 10% of cancer survivors in the United States are experiencing pain that may have persisted for years after their initial diagnosis and may not be adequately controlled. Increasing knowledge of the most appropriate pain management planning and strategies for controlling short- and long-term chronic pain among cancer survivors could help reduce the prevalence of pain.
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