June 2014 Vol. 2 No. 6

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Principles and Management of Cancer Pain

Ümran Toru*¹, Ceylan Ayada², Yasemin Korkut³ and Tuncay Vatansever⁴
 

¹Dumlupinar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases
²Dumlupinar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology
³Dumlupinar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
⁴Kütahya Evliya Çelebi Training and Research Hospital, Department of Chest Diseases

*Corresponding Author's E-mail: umran_toru_81@hotmail.com

Accepted June 23, 2014
 

Abstract

Palliative care has a critical importance in oncologic treatment and cancer pain treatment is an important part of the palliative care treatment program including physical, psychological, social and spiritual components. Most of the patients with cancer experience pain in any stage of their disease therefore pain treatment is a necessity in these patients. On the other hand, studies have shown that there is an insufficient pain treatment in cancer patients due to problems related with physicians or the patients. For this purpose, the principles and management of cancer pain heavily in the light of the current literature was aimed to be evaluated.

Keywords: Cancer, opioid, pain, palliative care, treatment