The treatment of cancer pain

N Engl J Med. 1985 Jul 11;313(2):84-95. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198507113130205.

Abstract

Pain is one of the most feared consequences of cancer. Control of pain from cancer should be possible with the approaches discussed above. Changing attitudes toward the effective use of narcotic analgesics, the development of novel routes and methods of administration, and a clinical approach based on scientific principles and humane care offer the promise of improved management of pain in patients with cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Analgesia / methods
  • Analgesics / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics / therapeutic use
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cordotomy
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Nerve Block / methods
  • Pain / classification
  • Pain / psychology
  • Pain Management*
  • Pain, Intractable / therapy
  • Palliative Care / methods*

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Anesthetics