Editorial for the series on pain therapy
Pain symptoms are relatively frequent both in children and adults. The progress which has been achieved in the field of the pain therapy is a remarkable success history. This progress has been obtained as the result of basic research and the testing of new knowledge through clinical trials.
In this series, recent developments on the assessment and pain management have been presented. The authors focused their attention on a wide field of applications: from new delivery systems for analgesics to pain assessment in clinical trials or interventional management of neuropathic pain.
Despite novel data on the pain treatment, there are specific clinical scenarios that remain a challenging area with many concerns about the best therapy and unmet therapeutic needs. This Special Issue aims to contribute to further understanding into the pain mechanisms and provides specific tools for the development of new therapies in order to improving the quality of life of patients suffering from pain.
We are thankful of all authors for their contributions to the present series. We hope you enjoy these interesting manuscripts.
Acknowledgments
Funding: None.
Footnote
Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine for the series “Pain Therapy”. The article did not undergo external peer review.
Conflicts of Interest: The author has completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm-2020-pt-06). The series “Pain Therapy” was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. AR served as the unpaid Guest Editor of the series and serves as an unpaid editorial board member of Annals of Translational Medicine from Nov 2019 to Oct 2021. The author has no other conflicts of interest to declare.
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