Terapia tópica para el tratamiento del dolor en heridas neoplásicas malignas: protocolo de revisión de alcance.

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Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane, NICE, Scopus, JBISRIR and the grey literature, for searching published and unpublished studies in English, Portuguese and Spanish.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.