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Keywords
Cancer pain
Therapeutics
Palliative care
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the main forms of chronic pain control in cancer patients. Methods: The methodological approach of this work proposes a compilation of bibliographic research with a qualitative approach and descriptive character through an integrative literature review in the National Library of Medicine, Virtual Health Library, Directory of Open Access Journals and Cochrane databases. Library. The descriptors used were “chronic pain”, “cancer pain”, “treatment” and “palliative care”. Inclusion criteria were articles from journal articles, clinical trials, clinical trials, randomized or non-randomized, case-control studies, cohort study, free access, published in English, Portuguese, Spanish, between 2012 and 2022. Results: The most used treatment for the control of Chronic Cancer Pain (CCP) is pharmacological therapy, but studies point to the importance of multimodal, multidisciplinary therapy and non-pharmacological interventions to improve patients' quality of life. Final considerations: Due to the great impact on people' quality of life, it is extremely important that working professionals also have knowledge about alternative therapies and offer them to their patients.