Pain management

Pain management

Cancer-related pain may be chronic and last after treatment ends or after scans show no evidence of disease. Younger people are more likely to experience cancer pain than older people. The severity of the pain often depends on:

- The type of cancer
- The cancer’s stage
- Where the cancer is located
- The patient’s tolerance for pain
- Cancer pain may also cause emotional distress.

Cancer-related pain may stem from:
- The cancer itself if it spreads to the bones or presses on nerves or organs

For more information, see https://www.cancercenter.com/integrative-care/pain-management

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Pain management is not coded as treatment. Pain management does not modify or destroy cancer cells, it treats the symptoms associated with the cancer.

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