Haimanot Kasahun Shares Study on Pain Outcomes After Radiotherapy in Ethiopian Cancer Patients
Haimanot Kasahun, Clinical Oncologist at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia, shared a post on LinkedIn about a paper she co-authored with colleagues published in Translational Oncology.
“It’s a pleasure to share with you that our article on ‘Patient Reported Change in Pain Outcome among Stage IV cancer patients with bone metastases following palliative radiotherapy: A prospective study from Ethiopia’ is published at Translational Oncology. This paper aims to fill the gap on the topic in SSA, as data in this region is scarce. Our paper could highlight that:
- Palliative radiotherapy administered to stage IV cancer patients with painful bone metastases is effective in reducing pain severity in the majority of patients in Ethiopia.
- Pain response to palliative radiotherapy is comparable between patients receiving a single dose of radiation therapy and those receiving a fractionated dose of 20 Gy in the Ethiopian cancer care setting.
- Moreover, in this paper, we showed the gap in the anti-pain medication prescription with future recommendations.”
Title: Patient-reported change in pain outcome among stage IV cancer patients with bone metastases following palliative radiotherapy: A prospective study from Ethiopia
Authors: Haimanot Kasahun Alemu, Ahmedin Jemal, Mathewos Assefa, Edom Seife.
You can read the Full Article in Translational Oncology.
Haimanot Kasahun shared results from a prospective study in Ethiopia showing that palliative radiotherapy is effective in alleviating pain for stage IV cancer patients with bone metastases. The study, published in Translational Oncology, also compared single versus fractionated doses and identified gaps in pain medication prescribing.
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