title: [Physical pain in advanced cancer].
abstract: This chapter describes physical pain including pain, anorexia-cachexia syndrome, nausea-vomiting, abdominal distention, ascites, constipation and dyspnea. In effect, patients are more likely to present with several concurrent symptoms. Each of these symptoms is described separately in this chapter.
authors.affiliation: JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo 151-8528.
authors.forename: Choku
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yajima
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*