Cancer Pain (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Changes to This Summary (07/25/2017)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

General Information About Cancer Pain

Revised text about radiation-induced pain (cited Chow et al. as reference 34).

Pharmacologic Therapies for Pain Control

Added text about a study of dexamethasone to reduce the incidence of radiation-induced pain flares (cited Chow et al. as reference 111).

Modalities for Pain Control: Other Approaches

Added text about pain flares (cited Chow et al. as reference 24).

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