[Neuropathic pain in cancer.].
Neuropathic pain often occurs in the course of cancer evolution, but also as sequelae of surgical treatment, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy, when a nervous structure is impaired. Clinical features of neuropathic pain are specific, including spontaneous and evoked painful symptoms that are localized in an area of sensitive nerve distribution. Neuropathic pain may be concomitant to nociceptive pain, and its diagnosis can be easily performed in clinical practice using the DN4 questionnaire. Treatment of neuropathic pain is also specific, based on certain antidepressant or antiepileptic, often in combination with strong opioids.
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D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms; D009437:Neuralgia; D010146:Pain; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid