Chronic pain is a risk factor for all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in cancer survivors: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence is lacking on whether chronic pain is related to the risk of cancer mortality. This study seeks to unveil the association between chronic pain and all-cause, cancer, as well as non-cancer death in cancer patients based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database.

Methods

Cancer survivors aged at least 20 (n = 1369) from 3 NHANES (1999-2004) cycles were encompassed. Chronic pain and cancer were determined through self-report. We employed records from the National Death Index for the determination of death status and reason. All-cause, cancer, and non-cancer deaths were primary outcomes. We used time-dependent ROC curve assessment to evaluate the predictive value of chronic pain for death in cancer patients.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11765894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature