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ReviewSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023

Chronic pain in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer: the challenge of mitigating the pain and the potential of integrating exercise into pain management.

Maxime Caru, Nicole M Alberts, Michelle C Freeman, Smita C Dandekar, Pooja Rao, Daniel J McKeone, Valerie I Brown, Lisa M McGregor, Kathryn H Schmitz

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Review in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maxime CaruDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA. mcaru@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Nicole M AlbertsDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Michelle C FreemanDivision of Complex and Palliative Care, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Smita C DandekarDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Pooja RaoDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Daniel J McKeoneDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Valerie I BrownDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Lisa M McGregorDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Kathryn H SchmitzDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USConcordia University · CAPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPain is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer. It is vital that children and adolescents receive adequate pain management early on in their cancer treatments to mitigate pain and cancer-related symptoms. Exercise training shows particular promise in the management of acute and chronic pain among children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer.

methodsThis position paper comes to outline the challenge of mitigating pain in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer, and the potential benefits of integrating exercise training to the management of chronic pain in this population in need.

resultsIntegrating exercise training into the care and pain management of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer who have chronic pain would have the advantage of addressing several shortcomings of pain medication. Pain medication aims to temporarily manage or reduce pain; it does not have the potential to directly improve a patient's physical condition in the way that exercise training can. The current paucity of data available on the use of exercise training as a complementary treatment to pain medications to reduce chronic pain in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer allows only for hypotheses on the effectiveness of this pain management modality.

conclusionMore research on this important topic is necessary and mitigating pain effectively while also reducing the use of opioid pain medication is an important goal shared by patients, their families, clinicians, and researchers alike. Future research in this area has great potential to inform clinical care, clinical care guidelines, and policy-making decisions for pain management in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer who experience chronic pain.

Indexed as

Chronic PainNeoplasmsAdolescentChildDecision MakingExerciseHumansPain ManagementExercise trainingNon-pharmacological interventionsOpioid pain medicationPediatric cancerTailored behavioral intervention

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PMID36952029
OpenAlexW4360599634

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