Management of Cancer Pain for Internist
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Pain in cancer patients is common in medical practice and it is usual problem to consult palliative care team for proper management. Especially in end state cancer patients, they have concurrent pain up to 64 % but it only has adequate pain control for 50% of the cases.
This article will provide an approach to pain in cancer patient, pathophysiology of pain, principle of cancer pain management, side effect of analgesics, guideline for analgesics adjustment initially for inpatient setting and outpatient setting, and increase confidence for medical practitioner to give a proper medical care for pain in the sepaitents.
Keywords: Pain, Neuropathic pain, Cancer Pain Management.
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