Pain in a patient with cancer can be relieved effectively in the majority  of cases, but not always. Why do we encounter difficulties?

Aleksandra Kotlińska-Lemieszek

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Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine

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Pain in a patient with cancer can be relieved effectively in the majority of cases, but not always. Why do we encounter difficulties?

Aleksandra Kotlińska-Lemieszek

Medycyna Paliatywna 2009; 1: 11-21

Online publish date: 2009/11/26

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Despite advances in cancer pain treatment, better understanding of pain mechanisms, and the availability of a range of novel formulations of analgesics and improved invasive techniques, in a group of our patients the result of management remains unsatisfactory. The most important factors related to pain mechanisms, properties of analgesics and individual patients that determine the unsatisfactory response to pain management will be discussed.

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Pain in a patient with cancer can be relieved effectively in the majority of cases, but not always. Why do we encounter difficulties?

Aleksandra Kotlińska-Lemieszek

pain, cancer, treatment failure