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Suzana Aparecida da Costa Ferreira1, Carol V Serna González1, Adriane Aparecida da Costa Faresin2
1Programa de Posgrado de Enfermería en la Salud del Adulto (PROESA), Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem-EEUSP, San Pablo, Brasil.
Background:
A total of 14.5% of cancer patients develop malignant neoplastic wounds (MNW), characterised as friable, exudative, fetid, bleeding, and painful. Some studies report that all patients with MNW experience pain, but there is lack of scientific evidence to support their treatment.
Objective:
To map and examine the existing evidence on topical therapies to manage pain in adult patients with MNW.
Method:
A scoping review protocol was designed, according to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. The databases CINAHL, LILACS, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane, NICE, Scopus, JBISRIR and the grey literature, for searching published and unpublished studies in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The selection will be made by at least two reviewers. The summary of the results will be narrative, with graphs and tables. Qualitative and quantitative studies and reviews will be included, describing the use of topical pain therapies in patients with MNW.
Conclusion:
This study will allow to classify and discuss the available topical therapies, and to recommend future primary studies.