Pain and suicide: what should we tell our trainees?

S Pakniyat-Jahromi, P Korenis, L Sher - Acta neuropsychiatrica, 2022 - cambridge.org
Chronic pain is a debilitating medical condition affecting a significant percentage of the
population worldwide. Considerable evidence suggests that pain is an independent risk …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of chronic opioid use after radiation for head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Zayed, C Lin, RG Boldt, J Sathya… - Advances in Radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Opioid addiction is a major public health concern. Chronic opioid use (COU)
patterns after radiation for head and neck cancer (HNC) remain poorly understood. The aim …

Photobiomodulation therapy in the treatment of radiotherapy-related trismus of the head and neck

MMF Borges, CEN Malta, ACAM Carlos… - Lasers in Medical …, 2023 - Springer
This study evaluated photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) for treatment of trismus in patients
undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC). Sixteen patients, 10 men and 6 …

Neuropathic pain prevalence and risk factors in head and neck cancer survivors

RD Rojo, JL Ren, DN Lipe, H Badr, S Shete… - Head & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Neuropathic pain (NP) is a debilitating symptom among head and neck cancer
(HNC) survivors although few large studies report its prevalence and associated risk factors …

Altered metabolic connectivity between the amygdala and default mode network is related to pain perception in patients with cancer

WY Lin, JC Hsieh, CC Lu, Y Ono - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We investigated the neural correlates for chronic cancer pain conditions by retrospectively
analyzing whole brain regions on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography …

Study protocol of the TEC-ORL clinical trial: a randomized comparative phase II trial investigating the analgesic activity of capsaicin vs Laroxyl in head and neck …

A Boden, A Lusque, S Lodin, M Bourgouin, V Mauries… - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Neuropathic pain is common in cancer survivorship and is one of the most
distressing symptoms for patients previously treated for head and neck cancer. Persistent …

Implications of treatment modality on chronic opioid use following treatment for head and neck cancer

CA Bollig, BP Kinealy, DR Gilley… - … –Head and Neck …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To investigate the relationship between treatment modality and chronic opioid use
in a large cohort of patients with head and neck cancer. Study Design Retrospective cohort …

Radiation-induced chronic pain plagues head and neck cancer survivors: A cross-sectional analysis from the Cohort in Radiotherapy-related Nervous System …

X Zuo, Y Chen, Y Zhu, D Pan, X Rong, Q Shen, H Li… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The epidemiology and prognosis of radiation-induced chronic pain, especially chronic
neuropathic pain (CNP), are the understudied domain among head and neck cancer (HNC) …

Pain management for persistent pain post radiotherapy in head and neck cancers: systematic review

J Young, D Rattan, A Cheung, S Lazarakis… - … Journal of Pain, 2024 - degruyter.com
Objectives To systematically review the existing literature for evidence of efficacy around
interventions in the management of persistent pain post radiotherapy for head and neck …

Changes in Plasma Beta-Endorphin Levels in Stage III–IV Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients Post World Health Organization 3-Step Analgesic Ladder Therapy

DM Ardani, B Surarso, N Purnami… - Asian Journal of …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the most common malignancy in the field
of otorhinolaryngology, and chronic pain is identical with this malignancy. Pain therapy …