Pain Experience Profile in Children with Cancer: Prospective Analysis of 2216 Treatment Days in a Developing Country

Montaser A. Mohamed (1) , Ahmed Mohammed Morsy (1) , Khaled F. Riad (1)

1 Assiut University

Background: Cancer in children is a potentially curable disease, particularly in developed countries. Conventional chemotherapy is essentially an integral part of treatment, either alone, or as a part of multimodality therapy including surgery & radiotherapy. How to deal with pain is an integral part of symptom management in pediatric cancer patients in general, with especially great importance in the context of palliative care in developing countries, in which curability lags behind that of developed countries. Proper recognition of underlying pathophysiology and various causes of pain are so essential for pain management, and for ameliorating suffering in the realm of holistic care for children with cancer. The aim of this study is to address and meticulously analyze the spectrum of pain characteristics in children with cancer at an institutional university cancer center to unravel pain profile in these patients as an experience for a developing country.

Mots clés: Pediatric pain; Childhood cancer; Somatic pain; Visceral pain; Neuropathic pain; Cancer pain; Pediatric oncology; Pediatric cancer

Domaines: Cancer; Pédiatrie

Montaser A. Mohamed, Ahmed Mohammed Morsy, Khaled F. Riad. Pain Experience Profile in Children with Cancer: Prospective Analysis of 2216 Treatment Days in a Developing Country. Journal of Cancer Prevention & Current Research, 2016, 4 (6), ⟨10.15406/jcpcr.2016.04.00138⟩. ⟨hal-01445489⟩