Approach To The Pain in Breast Cancer
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Approach To The Pain in Breast Cancer

Anatol J Gen Med Res 1995;5(2):130-134 DOI: 10.5222/terh.1995.33230
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Abstract

In women, carcinoma of the breast is the type of cancer most commonly responsible for causing pain. There are several explanatios for this; metastatic bone pain, epidural spinal cord compression, malignant brachial plexopathy and postmastectomy syndrome. In terms of symptom control; one must distinguish between somatic and deafferentation pain. For somatic pain, analgesic therapy is used concomitantly. The WHO Step plan is a clinical approach to analgesic treatment of patients with breast cancer. For deafferentation pain; serotoninergic antidepressants, nerve blocs, neuroablative and neurostimulatory surgery can be used.

Keywords: Pain Control