title: Chronic pain in cancer survivors: a growing issue.
abstract: A case of a 70-year-old male with multiple medical complaints is presented. Pain is reported in 19 to 41% in cancer survivors six months to five years after the disease was cured, and 27 to 35% in survivors of five years or more. The epidemiology, causes and impact of this pain are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands. mvdb@adcc.azm.nl
authors.forename: Marieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Beuken-van Everdingen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D017741:Survivors; D013997:Time Factors