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• In 2004, 7.2 million people worldwide died of cancer, making it the world’s leading cause of death1.
• Up to 73% of patients with terminal cancer experience pain2.
• More than 85% of the world’s population lives in developing countries, where cancer is more likely to present late in the disease process3.
• In late stage cancer, cancer pain is more likely to be severe2.
1World Health Organization: Fact Sheet No. 297 Cancer. February 2009. 2 Van den Beuken-van Everdingen MG, de Rijke JM, Kessels AG, et al: Prevalence of pain in patients with cancer: a systematic review of the past 40 years. Ann Oncol 18: 1437-1449, 2007 3 Pain Management in Developing Countries: Pain Clinical Updates, 17: 1-4, March 2009
