[Prevalence and intensity of pain in terminally-ill cancer patients at admission in palliative care center: a mono-institutional descriptive analysis]. / II dolore nel paziente oncologico terminale: prevalenza ed intensità del sintomo all'ingresso in hospice. Analisi descrittiva monocentrica.

Pain is a distressing symptom in terminally-ill cancer and, to date, many patients still experience uncontrolled pain. We evaluated prevalence and intensity of pain at admission in Palliative Care Center. We recruited 323 patients: more than 80% referred moderate/severe pain and only 50% was adsuming strong opioids.