[Current management of pain in pediatric oncology.].
Pain is a symptom well known by all medical and nursing staff in pediatric oncology. Indeed, pain is inseparable of cancer in children. Pain management is now well codified and integrated into the general supportive care of cancer. Pharmacokinetics of some drugs remains rather unknown in children due to a lack of clinical studies in this specific age-cohort. This in turn sometimes limits the availability of these drugs in pediatric patients. Nevertheless, all efforts are made to design pain management protocols based on data available in adults. This article reviews the current management practices for children with pain. Hard-to-treat benefits more and more from non-pharmacological additional methods and from the use of original molecules, which doubtless tend to further develop.
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Service d'oncohématologie pédiatrique, CHU Pellegrin, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
D035843:Biomedical Research; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D009369:Neoplasms; D010146:Pain; D059408:Pain Management; D010372:Pediatrics