title: Cancer pain management: 'inadequate'.
abstract: The tools and techniques needed to manage pain in a vast majority of cancer patients are readily available but are not being used effectively, say these Iowa internists. For patients with advanced malignancies, the most satisfying role physicians can play is to provide effective pain management.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa College of Medicine.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dreicer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gesme
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010819:Physician's Role
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid