Timely Palliative Care Could Be Another Benefit for Cancer Patients with Non-Malignant Pain

Marco C Maltoni; Costanza M Donati; Romina Rossi; Alessio G Morganti

doi:10.3390/cancers15092588

Timely Palliative Care Could Be Another Benefit for Cancer Patients with Non-Malignant Pain

Cancers (Basel). 2023 May 2;15(9):2588. doi: 10.3390/cancers15092588.

Authors

Marco C Maltoni^{1

2}, Costanza M Donati^{3

4}, Romina Rossi⁵, Alessio G Morganti^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Oncology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
² Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Specialized, Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine (DIMES), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
³ Radiation Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Radiation Oncology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via Albertoni 15, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
⁵ IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", 47014 Meldola, Italy.

Abstract

Cancer patients, as well as individuals in the general population, suffer from non-malignant pain (NMP), although with variable prevalence in the few studies dealing with this topic [...].

Keywords: editorial; non-malignant pain; pain management; timely palliative care.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.