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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Pharmacological Management of Cancer Pain: Advances in Treatment Strategies and Drug Delivery Systems.

Xueying Yang, Rong Zhang, Aijia Wang, Dan Zhang, Jiangxue Cheng, Bingtao Zhai, Dongyan Guo

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xueying YangSchool of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.ORCID 0009-0006-1004-712X
Rong ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.
Aijia WangSchool of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.
Dan ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.
Jiangxue ChengSchool of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.
Bingtao ZhaiSchool of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.
Dongyan GuoSchool of Pharmacy, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 712046, China.

Funding

Bingtao Zhai Key Research and Development Programme of Shaanxi Province (2025SF-YBXM-493)Bingtao Zhai the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82204935)Dongyan Guo Qinchuangyuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Innovation Aggregation Zone Project (L2024-QCY-ZYYJJQ-X27; L2024-QCY-ZYYJJQ-X30)Dongyan Guo Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Discipline Innovation Team Project (2019-YL11)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer pain seriously damages the quality of life of patients, and its management urgently needs new strategies with both efficacy and safety. This review deeply analyzes the clinical limitations of WHO's third-order analgesic strategy in cancer pain management, especially emphasizes the unique value of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in synergy and reduction in adverse reactions, and summarizes the network interaction of related drugs through the regulation of multi-target analgesic mechanisms such as inflammatory factors, ion channels, neurotransmitters, and even glial cells and osteoclast activity in the tumor microenvironment. Building on this foundation, the article systematically analyzed the clinical advantages and limitations of drug delivery systems (DDS): oral sustained and controlled drug delivery system, mucosal drug delivery system (MDDS), transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS), and intrathecal targeted drug delivery (ITDD) in the treatment of cancer pain for the first time. The development prospects of new DDS: microneedles, disposable intrathecal drug delivery, and nano-drug delivery system (NDDS) in cancer pain were summarized in detail. Looking ahead, research into the analgesic mechanisms of drugs holds promise for providing a theoretical foundation for cancer pain management. Collaborative strategies integrating Chinese and Western medicine, coupled with precision delivery technologies, are expected to advance more efficient and safer pain control, offering new approaches and methods for achieving superior pain management outcomes.

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cancer paindelivery systemsdrug mechanismsintegrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment

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PMID41599114
PMCPMC12845463

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