‘‘Mitigating cancer pain: What else matters?”—A qualitative study into the needs and concerns of cancer patients in Sri Lanka

N. P. Edirisinghe; P. T. R. Makuloluwa; A. A. T. D. Amarasekara; C. S. E. Goonewardena

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302615

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‘‘Mitigating cancer pain: What else matters?”—A qualitative study into the needs and concerns of cancer patients in Sri Lanka

N. P. Edirisinghe ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: keenirosha@yahoo.com

Affiliations Faculty of Nursing, Department of Fundamental Nursing, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Faculty of Graduates Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1546-2705

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P. T. R. Makuloluwa,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
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A. A. T. D. Amarasekara,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
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C. S. E. Goonewardena

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Cancer Research Center, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
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‘‘Mitigating cancer pain: What else matters?”—A qualitative study into the needs and concerns of cancer patients in Sri Lanka

N. P. Edirisinghe,
P. T. R. Makuloluwa,
A. A. T. D. Amarasekara,
C. S. E. Goonewardena

Published: January 24, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302615

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