Bone pain syndrome in malignant diseases

04/2018

MUDr. Štěpán Rusín; MUDr. Petr Jelínek, Ph.D.

Anesteticko-resuscitační oddělení, Masarykův onkologický ústav, Brno

SUMMARY

Bone tumors and bone metastases are one of the main sources of pain at patients with advanced oncological diseases and thus one of the main causes of lowering with quality of the in lives. They represent the loss of functional independence of a patient, limit the ability to participate in common daily activities, are often associated with the terminal oncological illness and lead to far, anxiety and depression. Prevalence of pain in bone tumors is 85-100 %.

KEY WORDS

pain, skeletal related events, bone metastases, pathological fractures