Chronic Pain Trends in Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of a Psycho-Medical Factor

Introduction: Research in the field of chronic pain in breast cancer has increased during the past ۵۰ years. However, no bibliometric research has been conducted in this regard. Thus, the present research was performed to determine chronic pain trends in breast cancer. Method: This study focused on research about chronic pain in breast cancer, from ۱۹۷۱ to August ۲۰۲۲ from Scopus. For this purpose, ۴۹۵ documents were selected through PRISMA protocol. Functional and network analysis were performed by R studio and vosviewer software, respectively. Results: Based on findings of this study, the most effective article was Guh (۲۰۰۹), the most effective author was Kehlet, and the most impressive country, university, and journal were the United States, University of California, and Journal of Pain, respectively. Additionally, “breast cancer” and “chronic pain” were the most frequent keywords; and psychological keywords such as “quality of life”, “anxiety” and “depression” were among the most frequent keywords, indicating the relationship between psychological factors with this field. Conclusion: The results can pave the way for future researchers to choose appropriate keywords, appropriate journals to submit their research, collaborate with impressive researchers, universities and countries, and find important documents to read this field’s literature.

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Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis ، Beast Cancer ، Chronic pain ، Science Mapping analysis