ArticleCancers2024
Pain in Long-Term Cancer Survivors: Prevalence and Impact in a Cohort Composed Mostly of Breast Cancer Survivors.
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- The effect of using vein visualization devices to facilitate peripheral intravenous cannulation on pain, fear, and patient satisfaction in adult oncology patients: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Postprandial glycaemic response and pain sensitivity in breast cancer survivors suffering from chronic pain: a double-blind, randomised controlled cross-over pilot experiment.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Multidimensional Recovery Trajectories Throughout Breast Cancer Treatment and Survivorship: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Romanian Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS) in Women with Breast Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Mapping the gaps: Multi-disciplinary chronic pain service provision for cancer-related pain across England.British journal of pain · 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
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- Correlation between mental health and pain-related impairment in patients with chronic cancer-related pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Cancer Pain Is Not One-Size-Fits-All: Evolving from Tradition to Precision.Clinics and practice · 2025Review
- Management of Chronic Pain in Elderly Patients: The Central Role of Nurses in Multidisciplinary Care.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Influence and Predictors of Anxiety on Health Status ≥ 5 Years Beyond Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Spain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and determinants of cigarette-cannabis co-use among US cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Assessing the Relationship of Different Levels of Pain to the Health Status of Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Cancer survival is becoming more common which means that there is now a growing population of cancer survivors, in whom pain may be common. However, its prevalence has hardly been addressed systematically. We aimed to assess the prevalence and explore the pathophysiology and impact of pain on health outcomes in cancer survivors. We conducted a retrospective-prospective cohort study in cancer-free patients diagnosed with cancer at least five years before the study start date. We used multivariable regression to establish the association of patients' cancer characteristics with pain, and then the association of patients' pain features with health outcomes and related symptoms. Between March and July 2021, 278 long-term cancer survivors were evaluated. Almost half of them (130/278, 46.8%) had pain, of whom 58.9% had a probable neuropathic component, but only 18 (13.8%) were taking specific drugs for neuropathic pain. A history of surgery-related pain syndrome in breast cancer patients was more than twice as frequent in the pain cohort. Post-chemotherapy and post-radiotherapy pain syndromes were uncommon. Pain was associated with lower QoL, emotional functioning, professional performance, and disability scores. Pain is a frequent health determinant in cancer survivors. Referral to specialised pain services may be a reasonable move in some cases.
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