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JNCI Monographs 2004 2004(32):103-104; doi:10.1093/jncimonographs/lgh034
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Abstract: Treatment of Cancer-Related Pain

Kathleen M. Foley

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

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There is a wide range of specific and nonspecific treatments for pain related to cancer. These treatment approaches fall into two major categories: tumor specific and pain specific. Tumor-specific treatments include radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery and have as their goal reducing or eliminating the cause of the pain. Pain-specific therapies include analgesic and other pharmacologic therapies, anesthetic and neurosurgical antitumor and ablative procedures, cognitive behavioral approaches, and complimentary and alternative therapies and have as their goal the reduction or elimination of pain independent of the cause.

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