Assessing pain after cancer treatment

Objectives: Chronic pain is common following cancer treatment. This is a brief discussion of pain assessment after cancer treatment. Methods: Summary of a lecure for the SASP (Scandinavian Journal of Pain) annual meeting 2022. Results: Assessment of pain involves identifying the presence of pain, its underlying cause, its impact as well as underlying mechanisms. Conclusions: Detailed pain assessment is important for the clinic and for epidemiological and mechanistic studies as well as pain treatment studies.

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This article briefly discusses the importance of pain assessment after cancer treatment, including identifying the presence, underlying causes, impact, and mechanisms of pain.