How to Manage Cancer Pain

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Pain Control: Support for People With Cancer More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Dawn Barrs | permalink
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Covers pain control medicines for cancer patients, pain control plans, talking with your health care team about pain, and coping with the physical and emotional effects of pain.
For further reading: http://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/pain-control ^[1]

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Cancer pain management - Better Health Channel More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Gustavo Ioschpe | permalink
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For further reading: http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cancer_pain_management ^[2]

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Pain: Treating Pain with Medication More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by jim GNEWKOWSKI | permalink
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People living with cancer may experience pain as a symptom of the cancer or as a side effect of cancer treatment. However, nearly all cancer-related pain can be successfully treated or managed with the help of your health care team. Addressing pain, fatigue, and other symptoms that affect your quality of life is known as palliative or supportive care and is an important part of your overall cancer treatment plan.
For further reading: http://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/side-effects/pain-treating-pain-medication ^[3]

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Cancer Pain More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Greyline 108 | permalink
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Cancer pain is manageable. WebMD explains its causes and symptoms and how it is treated.
Tags: Pain, pain management, cancer pain, cancer pain treatments, opioids, NSAIDs, tylenol, biofeedback, alternatives

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/guide/pain-management-cancer-pain ^[4]

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Current aproach to cancer pain management: Availability and implications of different treatment options More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by robert kalu | permalink
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Despite tremendous progress in medicine during last couple of decades, cancer still remains the most horrifying diagnosis for anybody due to its almost inevitable futility. According to American Cancer Society Statistics, it is estimated that only in ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386360/ ^[5]

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robert kalu, Gustavo Ioschpe, jim GNEWKOWSKI, Tom Gray, Big Jon, Greyline 108, Dawn Barrs

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1. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/pain-control

2. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cancer_pain_management

3. http://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/side-effects/pain-treating-pain-medication

4. http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/guide/pain-management-cancer-pain

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386360/