title: Emerging Drugs for the Treatment of Cancer Pain: A Review of Patent Literature in 2014.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pain in oncology patients may be related to underlying disease process, as well as a side effect of chemotherapy and radiation. More than half of all patients with a diagnosis of cancer experience pain, which is often poorly controlled. As such, the treatment of pain in oncology patients demonstrates a significant need to develop new treatment options.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This review summarizes 35 patents on the treatment of pain among cancer patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A thorough literature review of all patents filed in 2014 was conducted using PubMed and http://ep.espacenet.com/ as sources identify new treatment options for cancer pain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our literature search returned 35 patents filed in 2014 related to the treatment of pain in cancer patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In 2014, a number of patents were filed for the treatment of pain among oncology patients. The great variety of chemical compounds presented indicates that there is a great variety in current research for cancer-related pain. The development of novel treatment options will hopefully lead to more effective therapies in the treatment of cancer-related pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. United States.
authors.forename: Brooke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Critical Care, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. United States.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Anesthesiology, 600 Highland Avenue, B6/319 CSC, Madison, WI 53792-3272. United States.
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abd-Elsayed
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000072716:Cancer Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D010330:Patents as Topic
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
keywords: Cancer pain; chronic pain; oncologic pain; oncology; pain management; pain treatment