Background: Pain is a major health care problem for patients with cancer: despite the
existence of guidelines for cancer pain management, undertreatment is a widespread …

Purpose Pain is a frequent symptom in patients with cancer, with substantial impact. Despite
the availability of opioids and updated guidelines from reliable leading societies …

Most patients with advanced or metastatic cancer experience pain and despite several
guidelines, undertreatment is well documented. A multicenter, open-label, prospective, non …

Background and aims This living and systematic review aimed to provide an updated
summary of the available evidence on pain undertreatment prevalence in patients with …

Background Several guidelines have advocated the need for adequate cancer-related pain
(CRP) management. The pain management index (PMI) has been proposed as an auditable …

Background: Pain prevalence at various stages of cancer ranges from 27% to 60% for
outpatients. Yet, how pain is managed in this patient group is poorly understood. Objectives …

Prospective study of barriers to both delivery and receipt of adequate pain management is
needed, as the majority of published literature is based on survey studies. Treatment must …

Pain prevalence in cancer patients: status quo or opportunit... : Current Opinion in
Supportive and Palliative Care Pain prevalence in cancer patients: status quo or …

As many as 90% of patients with cancer-related pain can attain satisfactory relief through
available pharmacological and medical means. However, as many as 45% of patients in the …

There are currently two indicators, Morphine Consumption Data and the Pain Management
Index, that have been widely used to assess the efficacy of cancer pain treatment. Both are …