Management of cancer pain with analgetic adjuvant and weak opioid in prostate cancer bone metastases: A case series

摘要

In cancer patients, cancer pain is the most common cancer complication. About 60–90% of patients with advanced stage cancer experience various levels of pain, and about 30% of patients have been suffering from persistent severe pain. Bones are the most frequent targets of metastases in patients with cancer such as breast, prostate, lung, kidney, and thyroid. In advanced prostate cancer, bone metastasis leads to bone pain, skeletal fracture, and increased mortality. At least 75% of patients with bone metastasis experience bone pain.