BACKGROUND
Pain is the most common symptom in patients with neoplasm. It is a distressing experience that seriously that destructs the quality of life of patients, with a high prevalence in clinical observations. However, only few studies have applied bibliometric methods to analyze systematic works on the comorbidity of cancer and pain.
OBJECTIVE
This work aimed to conduct a systematic analysis of the scientific studies worldwide on the comorbidity of cancer and pain in 2010–2019.
METHODS
The Web of Science databases were searched for publications related to the comorbidity of cancer and pain from 2010 to 2019.
RESULTS
A total of 3,423 papers met the inclusion criteria in this research. The increase in the quantity of papers presented a significant growth from 2010 to 2019 (P<0.001) by linear regression analysis. The research subject categories of the 3,423 papers mainly concentrated on oncology (28.57%), clinical neurology (25.62%), and healthcare science services (15.89%). The United States had the highest number of published papers, followed by the People’s Republic of China and England. According to scientific statistics, breast cancer (20.36%) was by far the most predominant topic in the papers related to the comorbidity of cancer and pain.
CONCLUSIONS
This bibliometric research provided a framework for visual and quantitative research to management scholars in favor of exploring potential field related to hot issue and research frontiers.