Cancer Pain Disease Summary

Cancer pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience due to actual or potential tissue damage in patients with cancer.
During initial evaluation, follow-ups and new therapy initiation of patients with cancer, it is essential that they will be screened and evaluated for pain.
Goals of pain control involves optimizing the “5As”: Analgesia, Activities, Adverse effects, Aberrant drug intake and Affect.

For further information regarding the management of Cancer Pain, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.