Are we doing enough to treat cancer pain? The urgent need for action in oncology practice

Affiliations

¹ Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
³ Medical Oncology, Alma Mater University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.
⁵ IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Research Biology Private Practice, Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Polistudium srl, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care, Casa di Cura INI, Grottaferrata, Italy.
⁹ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Treatment & Palliative Care, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, Italy.
¹¹ Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
¹² Pain and Palliative Care Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Editorial

Massimo Aglietta et al. Future Oncol. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;21(14):1699-1701.

doi: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2501522. Epub 2025 May 7.

¹ Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
³ Medical Oncology, Alma Mater University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.
⁵ IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Research Biology Private Practice, Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Polistudium srl, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care, Casa di Cura INI, Grottaferrata, Italy.
⁹ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Treatment & Palliative Care, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, Italy.
¹¹ Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
¹² Pain and Palliative Care Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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Keywords: Pain; assessment; cancer; clinical practice; guidelines; management; oncology.

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest directly relevant to this manuscript. Marta Gentili is a partner of Think FwdGroup srl.

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