Recent Advances In The Management For Cancer Related Pain
International Journal of Development Research
Recent Advances In The Management For Cancer Related Pain
Received 27th April, 2018 Received in revised form 07th May, 2018 Accepted 19th June, 2018 Published online 30th July, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Krishna Kumar Singh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The incidence of breast cancer has stabilized over the past 10 years, while death rates have declined. Thus, many women are living with long-term effects of breast cancer, including pain syndromes relating to breast cancer. As our understanding of these types of pain syndromes improves, delivery of care to this population becomes paramount. In this review, we discuss advances in rehabilitation and interventional pain management to improve pain and symptom management. Appropriate use of physical therapy may significantly improve a patient's functional status, while fascial plane blocks can lead to pain relief which may last for months. Targeted therapies for pain relief may result in better quality of life for individuals suffering from breast cancer related pain.