title: Comorbidities in a cancer patient: problems in pain management and palliation.
abstract: Pain management and palliation face a great challenge with inclusion of the palliation teams from the earliest phases of diagnosis. The presented case report highlights that early inclusion of pain and palliative physicians in patient care demands comprehensive evaluation of the symptoms by the palliative physicians with possibly curable comorbid conditions requiring active and aggressive curative management. In summary, it is crucial for the treating palliative physician to be more proactive in the management of comorbid treatable conditions in a patient who may be an established case of advanced stage cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Subir C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Himanshu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy