Cancer%20pain Signs and Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms

Introduction

Effective pain management in cancer patients with pain is an essential part of oncologic management due to increasing evidence of survival

Chronic pain syndrome also often occurs following cancer treatments

Pancreatic, head and neck cancer, and bone metastasis has a high prevalence of cancer pain
During initial evaluation, follow-ups and new therapy initiation of patients with cancer, it is essential that they be screened and evaluated for pain

Definition

An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience due to actual or potential tissue damage in patients with cancer

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Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) has emerged as a key driving force behind personalized cancer care. With the wealth of data available with CGP, medical oncologists now have in their armamentarium a tool that could enable them to provide patients with the optimum treatment. At a Roche Foundation Medicine-sponsored symposium held at the 2018 European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Munich, Germany, a panel of experts reviewed key data on CGP, with a focus on the treatment of advanced cancers.

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The combination therapy comprising carfilzomib, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone (KCd) is effective, with a tolerable safety profile, in an Asian cohort with high-risk multiple myeloma (MM) — thus providing a more economical alternative as a potential upfront regimen in resource-limited settings, according to leading experts during a myeloma education webinar.