Articles of Interest

Pain and Symptom Management

Cancer-Related Pain
2007 Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society
This document contains a section on pages 22-31 that describes the types of cancer-related pain and methods of pain assessment and treatment. http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2007PWSecured.pdf

Controlling Cancer Pain:  What You Need to Know to Get Relief. 
http://www.cancercare.org/pdf/booklets/ccc_controlling_pain.pdf?origin=enews_1207p&tr=y&auid=3261972

Toward Better Pain Control
Allan Basbaum and David Julius - Scientific American. June 2006
Advances in understanding the cells and molecules that transmit pain signals are providing new targets for drugs that could relieve various kinds of pain--including those poorly controlled by existing therapies. www.sciam.com