ArticleBritish journal of pain2021
Chronic pain, functionality and quality of life in cancer survivors.
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- The association among psychological factors, pain severity and quality of life in people living beyond adolescent and young adult cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
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- Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Multidisciplinary Management of Cancer-Related Pain: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Pre-Post Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Observational
- Chronic cancer pain in adult oncology centers of Northern Ethiopia: prevalence, determinants, and clinical impact - a multi-center cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Prevalence of physical functional impairments and associations with quality of life: a cross-sectional study in Chinese cancer survivors.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Life beyond remission: physical, emotional, and social reintegration of cancer survivors in Tunisia-a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Factors associated with pain among rural cancer survivors: Findings from an Australian longitudinal study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Correlation between mental health and pain-related impairment in patients with chronic cancer-related pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Psychosomatics at the threshold: cancer, mood disorders, and the mental pain of death - where precision medicine meets spirituality.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Association between adverse childhood experiences and health related quality of life in adult cancer survivors in the United States.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
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- Cancer pain: molecular mechanisms and management.Molecular biomedicine · 2025Review
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- Spanish Society of Medical Oncology recommendations for comprehensive assessment and care of cancer survivors' needs.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Review
- Impact of glucose and lipid metabolic disorders on the risk of chronic post-operative pain syndrome after colorectal cancer surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Cancer and the 10-Year Incidence of Chronic Low Back Pain in 407,314 Adults Followed in General Practices in Germany.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
The increasing number of cancer survivors associated to a longer average life-span after diagnosis of an oncological disease facilitates the observation of deleterious long-term effects of both oncological disease and its treatment. Among these effects, chronic pain emerges as one of the most prevalent and, with its onset, there is a decrease in these patients' functionality and quality of life. The main focus in oncological disease treatment has been tumour eradication and average life expectancy extension after diagnosis, neglecting these deleterious long-term effects. This study aims at assessing the prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain in cancer survivors as well as pain interference in their quality of life and functionality. The study selected cancer survivors (n = 85) after dismissal from oncology service to assess the presence and characteristics of chronic pain, their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and pain-related disability through a combination of different questionnaires. Chronic pain prevalence was 23.5%. In total, 85% of patients reported neuropathic pain descriptors and 45% presented diagnostic criteria for neuropathic pain. Of these patients, 45% were followed-up for pain surveillance and 35% underwent analgesic medication. There was a median pain disability index of 20.50 (14.50-35.00) and an average HRQoL of 0.5338 in chronic pain patients and 0.8872 in patients without pain. We found that chronic pain was the main negative predictor of HRQoL and was associated with decreased functionality. This study also concluded that these patients often were not offered the appropriate long-term medical follow-up. These findings highlight a need to raise awareness among health professionals to the importance of timely diagnosis and treatment of pain and its impact on HRQoL and functionality of long-term cancer survivors as well as the need to change clinical practice in order to improve healthcare provided to these patients.
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