Current aproach to cancer pain management:

Availability and implications of different

treatment options

dr. Puspita Sari

 According to American Cancer Society Statistics, it is estimated that
Abstract > half a million people will die from cancer in 2006. For those who
survive, probably the most fearsome symptom regardless of cancer
type will be the pain

Severe pain can interfere with physical rehabilitation, mobility, and

proper nutrition. A signifi cant number of cancer patients are
subsequently diagnosed with depression.

Therefore, the goals of pain control in any patient with cancer

should be to optimize the patient’s comfort and function while
avoiding unnecessary adverse effects from medications

According to statistics published
by the American Cancer Society
in 2002, “50%–70% of people
with cancer experience some
degree of pain”
INTRODUCTION
the goals of pain control in any
patient with cancer should
be to optimize the patient’s
comfort and function while
Although many of these patients avoiding unnecessary adverse
carry a very poor prognosis, effects from medications
prompt and effective pain
control can prevent needless
suffering, may signifi cantly
improve the quality of their lives,
and may potentially spare
families the feeling of
helplessness and despair

patients with cancer should
be comforted with maximally
achievable pain control and not live
in fear of inadequately treated pain
As the survival
of patients with cancer becomes longer, reliable
pain relief is now a high-priority issue that
warrants both scientific research and industrial
development of new devices and pharmaceutical
agents that would make this pain relief
complete, safe, and lasting

Periodical re-evaluation of patient’s

medication regimen is essential to
fi nely tune their analgesia and to
minimize the exposure to
potentially dangerous adverse
effects.
• TERIMA KASIH