Silver Book Fact
Around 59 percent of cancer patients in active treatment, 33 percent of survivors, and 64 percent with advanced/metastatic/terminal disease experience pain.
Van den Beuken-van Everdingen M, de Rijke J, Kessels A, Schouten H, et al. Prevalence of Pain in Patients with Cancer: A systematic review of the past 40 years. Ann Oncol. 2007; 18(9): 1437-49. https://academic.oup.com/annonc/article/18/9/1437/204575/Prevalence-of-pain-in-patients-with-cancer-a