A truly global event taking place every year on 4 February, World Cancer Day unites the world’s population in the fight against cancer. It aims to save millions of preventable deaths each year by raising awareness and education about the disease, pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action. Despite published guidelines and educational programs on the assessment and management of cancer-related pain, in any stage of oncological disease, unrelieved pain continues to be a substantial worldwide public health concern in patients with either solid or hematological malignancy.
This guideline “ Management of cancer pain: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines ” discuss various aspects of management of cancer pain. No difference in pain prevalence was found among patients undergoing anticancer treatment and those in an advanced or terminal phase of the disease Factors…
