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Pain Management in Lung Cancer

Author(s) -

Fariz Nurwidya,

Elisna Syahruddin,

Faisal Yunus

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

advances in respiratory medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 2543-6031

pISSN - 2451-4934

DOI - 10.5603/arm.2016.0043

Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , cancer pain , cancer , nonsteroidal , intensive care medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , pathophysiology , oncology , nursing

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Not only burdened by the limited overall survival, lung cancer patient also suffer from various symptoms, such as pain, that implicated in the quality of life. Cancer pain is a complicated and transiently dynamic symptom that results from multiple mechanisms. This review will describe the pathophysiology of cancer pain and general approach in managing a patient with lung cancer pain. The use of opioids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and adjuvant analgesia, as part of the pharmacology therapy along with interventional strategy, will also be discussed.

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