Treatment of chronic pain in children with oncological diseases (case report)

Abstract

Acute myeloid leukemia accounts for about 4.2% of all forms of cancer in children and adolescents. Significant progress has been made in the treatment of oncohematological pathology in recent years, especially in the treatment of lymphoblastic leukemia (survival rate is up to 80%). However, unsolved problems remain in many diseases, in particular in myeloid leukemia, in which the survival rate is 38–41%. In this regard, the most critical issue is the provision of care for children with an unfavorable prognosis with malignant neoplasms. The death of a child is always incredibly difficult to accept, but understanding the feelings that causes death can help find the right approach to proper organization and provision of care for critically ill patients at the end of life.