2021
Interventional Therapies for Pain in Cancer Patients: a Narrative Review
Hao D, Sidharthan S, Cotte J, Decker M, Salisu-Orhurhu M, Olatoye D, Karri J, Hagedorn JM, Adekoya P, Odonkor C, Gulati A, Orhurhu V. Interventional Therapies for Pain in Cancer Patients: a Narrative Review. Current Pain And Headache Reports 2021, 25: 44. PMID: 33961156, DOI: 10.1007/s11916-021-00963-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-related painInterventional therapyCancer patientsNarrative reviewDorsal Root Ganglion StimulationPurpose of ReviewPainOngoing opioid epidemicLess systemic toxicityPeripheral nerve stimulationLives of patientsQuality of lifeOncologic painEffective analgesiaGanglion stimulationNerve stimulationParenteral agentsPrevalent symptomsOpioid abuseSuch therapyOpioid epidemicInterventional approachesInterventional techniquesNeuromodulatory techniquesPainSummaryThe goal
2017
Global cancer pain management: a systematic review comparing trials in Africa, Europe and North America
Odonkor CA, Kim G, Erdek M. Global cancer pain management: a systematic review comparing trials in Africa, Europe and North America. Pain Management 2017, 7: 299-310. PMID: 28699421, DOI: 10.2217/pmt-2016-0047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer pain managementPain managementQuality of studiesQuality assessment toolAdjuvant therapyPain trialsJadad scoreCare indexCancer trialsCochrane methodsEligible studiesStudy qualityStudy sample sizeCancer survivorshipSystematic reviewAbstractTextTrialsAssessment toolReviewLiterature reviewSample sizeOpioidsAntidepressantsTherapyManagement
2016
Connecting the Dots: A Comparative Global Multi-Institutional Study of Prohibitive Factors Affecting Cancer Pain Management
Odonkor C, Addison W, Smith S, Osei-Bonsu E, Tang T, Erdek M. Connecting the Dots: A Comparative Global Multi-Institutional Study of Prohibitive Factors Affecting Cancer Pain Management. Pain Medicine 2016, 18: 363-373. PMID: 28204728, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer pain managementLow-middle-income countriesHigh-income countriesPain managementAdequacy of cancer pain managementCross-sectional survey of physiciansContextually relevant solutionsPain management trainingSurvey of physiciansCare of patientsLack of trainingTrainees’ carePerceived barriersTrainee physiciansDescriptive statisticsFisher's exact testPhysiciansChi-squareManagement trainingCancer patientsExact testAdvanced diseaseSpearman rank correlation analysisHigh-resource environmentsTrainees