Journal article
Pain Experiences Among a Population-Based Cohort of Current, Former, and Never Regular Smokers With Lung and Colorectal Cancer
Cancer, Vol.120(22), pp.3554-3561
11/15/2014
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28893
PMCID: PMC4221463
PMID: 25043285
Abstract
BACKGROUND Smoking and pain are prevalent and comorbid among patients with cancer. Limited work has compared pain experiences among current, former, and never (regular) smokers with lung and colorectal cancer. METHODS We studied pain experiences of patients with lung (n=2390) and colorectal (n=2993) cancer participating in the multi-regional Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance study. We examined reports of pain, pain treatment, pain severity, and pain-related interference within each cancer group by smoking status, adjusting for demographic, psychosocial, and cancer characteristics. RESULTS Among lung cancer patients, current smokers reported pain and receiving pain treatment more often than former smokers. Never smokers did not differ from current and former smokers on endorsement of pain; however, they reported pain treatment less often than their counterparts. Current smokers reported greater pain severity than former smokers after adjusting for other contributing factors; however, no differences were detected between current and never smokers. There were no differences in pain-related interference. Among colorectal cancer patients, current smokers reported pain and pain treatment more often than former and never smokers; however, the latter 2 groups did not differ. Current smokers also reported greater pain severity than never smokers after adjustments; however, no differences were detected between current and former smokers. An identical pattern of findings was observed for pain-related interference. CONCLUSIONS Many smokers with lung and colorectal cancer experience pain following a cancer diagnosis. Future work should assess if comprehensive smoking cessation treatments that address pain can reduce pain and facilitate smoking cessation among patients with cancer. (c) 2014 American Cancer Society.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pain Experiences Among a Population-Based Cohort of Current, Former, and Never Regular Smokers With Lung and Colorectal Cancer
- Creators
- Adam Gonzalez - Stony Brook UniversitySandra Japuntich - VA Boston Healthcare SystemNancy L. Keating - Brigham and Women's HospitalRobert Wallace - University of IowaYulei He - Harvard UniversityJoanna M. Streck - Massachusetts General HospitalElyse R. Park - Massachusetts General Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cancer, Vol.120(22), pp.3554-3561
- DOI
- 10.1002/cncr.28893
- PMID
- 25043285
- PMCID
- PMC4221463
- NLM abbreviation
- Cancer
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
- eISSN
- 1097-0142
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- U01CA093326 / NCI (University of North Carolina) Park MSRG 005-05-CPPB / ACS; American Cancer Society U01CA093324 / NCI (Harvard Medical School/Northern California Cancer Center) U01CA093329 / NCI (University of Alabama at Birmingham) U01CA093348 / NCI (RAND/UCLA) CRS 02-164 / Department of Veterans Affairs; US Department of Veterans Affairs U01CA093344 / National Cancer Institute (NCI); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) U01 CA093339 / NCI (University of Iowa) U01CA093332 / NCI; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) U01CA093332 / NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/15/2014
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984363627402771
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