Keita Tagami, Shih-Wei Chiu, Kazuhiro Kosugi, Hiroto Ishiki, Yusuke Hiratsuka, Masaki Shimizu, Masanori Mori, Emi Kubo, Tomoo Ikari, Sayaka Arakawa, Tetsuya Eto, Mayu Shimoda, Hideyuki Hirayama, Kaoru Nishijima, Kota Ouchi, Tatsunori Shimoi, Tomoko Shigeno, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Mitsunori Miyashita, Tatsuya Morita, Akira Inoue, Eriko Satomi
CONTEXT: Cancer pain is a common complication that is frequently undertreated in patients with cancer. OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed at assessing the time needed to achieve cancer pain management goals through specialized palliative care (SPC). METHODS: This was a multicenter, prospective, longitudinal study of inpatients with cancer pain who received SPC. Patients were continuously followed up until they considered cancer pain management successful, and we estimated this duration using the Kaplan-Meier method...
September 18, 2023: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management