The prevalence of pain in four cancers
The prevalence of pain in four cancers
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四种癌症中疼痛的患病率
作者：
H. Greenwald;J. Bonica;M. Bergner
尽管疼痛被广泛认为是癌症患者的一个主要问题，但大多数研究都集中在专门治疗环境中晚期或晚期癌症患者的疼痛上。本文报告的研究通过提供可推广到疾病早期和晚期的数据以及在社区和专门治疗中心接受护理的数据，更全面地描述了癌症患者的疼痛问题。这项研究包括了对疼痛的几种不同特征的测量，与早期的研究相比，这项研究还提供了对癌症患者日常疼痛问题的更全面的了解。这里提出的研究结果表明，严重的疼痛可能发生在所有癌症阶段，并且通常代表持续的医疗问题。数据表明，许多患者可能会受益于更早、更积极地使用现有的抗痛治疗方法。
Although pain is widely recognized as a major problem in cancer patients, most studies have concentrated on pain among those with advanced or terminal cancer in specialized treatment settings. The study reported here gives a more complete picture of the problem of pain among cancer patients by providing data generalizable to those in early as well as late stages of the disease, and receiving care in the community as well as specialized treatment centers. Having included measures of several distinct features of pain, this study also provides a more complete understanding of the cancer patient's day‐today pain problem than earlier investigations. The findings presented here indicate that serious pain may occur in all cancer stages, and often represents an ongoing medical problem. The data suggest that many patients may benefit from earlier and more aggressive use of available antipain treatment methods.