Rehabilitation medicine approach to cancer pain.
Cancer pain may benefit from interventions that focus on function. Pain and mobility may be improved by strengthening, stretching, and the use of assistive devices. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy may all be needed to help manage pain in the cancer patient. Pain may be due to the cancer itself or secondary to immobility and debilitation.
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Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tufts, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*