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This section discusses the management of pain related to the treatment of early and locally advanced breast cancer. Find information on the management of pain related to metastatic breast cancer.
Pain management decreases pain to a level that’s tolerable for you. The goal of treating pain is to give the most pain control with the least amount of medication (to limit side effects). This allows you to get the most benefit from your cancer treatment.
Breast pain is a commonly experienced symptom in women of all ages and can significantly impact quality of life. Fear of cancer prompts many patients to report their pain, although risk for malignancy is low in the absence of a palpable mass or other abnormal finding on breast examination.
Breast cancer itself doesn’t usually cause pain until stage IV, when it’s spread to far parts of your body. But even then, you and your doctor can take steps to treat it.
A plan to control pain needs to consider the person's diagnosis, type and stage of cancer, other health problems, medicines being taken, personal response to pain, and other personal choices. Pain can also be an early warning sign of the side effects of your cancer treatment or some other problem.
A number of treatments are available for cancer pain. Your options may depend on what's causing your cancer pain and the intensity of the pain you're feeling. You may need a combination of pain treatments to find the most relief. Options include: Over-the-counter pain relievers.
Management of breast pain without anatomic or radio-graphic abnormalities depends on pain type and severity. Although extensive descriptions of breast pain have been reported, in this review we aim to provide a concise summary of a generalized approach to classi fication, assessment, and management of breast pain.
Objectives. Pain is a significant problem in patients with breast cancer. Limited data exist regarding the nature and extent of pain management in women with breast cancer visiting outpatient settings. This study examined the pain management practices and the factors associated with prescribing pain medications among breast cancer patients.
For patients with breast cancer specifically, pain can arise in a variety of ways including symptomatic pain and pain related to cancer therapy. Understanding and identifying risk factors for pain will not only help prevent painful experiences for patients but also guide treatment strategies.
Despite published guidelines and educational programs on the assessment and treatment of cancer-related pain, in any stage of oncological disease, unrelieved pain continues to be a substantial worldwide public health concern in patients with either solid or hematological malignancies.