title: Cancer-related pain management in clinical oncology.
abstract: Uncontrolled pain is one of the most feared and debilitating symptoms among cancer patients, and many suffer unnecessarily from suboptimal pain control. Cancer-related pain is often multidimensional and can affect all aspects of a patient's life. Hence, achieving adequate pain relief among cancer patients involves a proper assessment of psychosocial, spiritual, and physical pain issues, matched with an individualized treatment plan involving pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, and procedural therapies when appropriate. Providing effective pain relief can help ease the overall burden of disease among oncology patients while helping them tolerate cancer-directed therapies and achieve the most optimal quality of life throughout all phases of the disease continuum. In this review, the authors will discuss the syndromes, assessment of, and treatment for cancer-related pain in the outpatient setting.
authors: Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles, California, USA. Andre.M.Cipta@kp.org.
authors: Andre M
authors: AM
authors: Cipta
authors: Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors: Christopher J
authors: CJ
authors: Pietras
authors: Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors: Timothy E
authors: TE
authors: Weiss
authors: Maddie Katz Professor of Psychiatry and Palliative Care Research and Education, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors: Thomas B
authors: TB
authors: Strouse
keywords: cancer pain; cancer pain assessment; cancer pain management; cancer pain syndromes