title: The medical approach to management of pain caused by cancer.
abstract: Every physician at some time must manage pain associated with advanced cancer. In spite of the hopeless prognosis, the problem of pain deserves an intelligent appraisal and a systematic plan for relief to conserve the patients's physical, mental, and moral resources and social usefulness as long as possible. Selection of a method of tumor therapy from an array of laternatives demands study of the individual patient and careful consideration of the appropriate measures-the possibilities for success and the limitations, benefits, and risks.
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D059408:Pain Management; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care; D011584:Psychology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics