Treatment patterns and out-of-hospital healthcare resource utilisation by patients with advanced cancer living with pain: An analysis from the Stop Cancer PAIN trial.

Source: PLoS One 2023; 18(2). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282465Authors: McCaffrey N, Cheah SL, Luckett T, Phillips JL, Agar M, Davidson PM, Boyle F, Shaw T, Currow DC, Lovell M

About 70% of patients with advanced cancer experience pain. Few studies have investigated the use of healthcare in this population and the relationship between pain intensity and costs.

Pubmed ID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36854021/