Occurrence of pain in oncological patients outside therapeutic possibility
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i68p7461-7472Keywords:
Palliative Care, Oncological pain, EpidemiologyAbstract
The objective was to evaluate the occurrence of cancer-associated pain in cancer patients out of therapeutic possibilities. This is an integrative review in the databases MEDLINE, BDENF - Enfermagem and LILACS, in articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese, from 2009 to 2019, selecting 06 articles through exploratory and critical reading of the titles, abstracts and results achieved in the studies. The studies showed differences in relation to the methodology and instruments used. The pain was mainly related to the presence of metastases, such as bone. Pain is present in most cases of cancer patients out of the therapeutic possibility of the studies analyzed, accompanied by various unwanted signs and symptoms, such as tiredness, sadness, feelings of worthlessness and anguish.