About half of all cancer patients experience some pain, with that rising to two-thirds among advanced cancers. While oral medications are the cornerstone for managing pain, Fox Chase Cancer Center doctors say options like an intrathecal pump or surgical interventions are being underused.
While oral medications are the cornerstone for managing cancer pain, doctors say intrathecal pumps or surgical interventions are being underused.They often struggle to find relief or with side effects from the powerful narcotics often used for pain."I actually thought I had hemorrhoids," remembers Kim McCrane of Port Richmond.Intense chemotherapy seemed to wipe it out, but it came back larger, and pressing on nerves in her left buttock.
"About half of all patients undergoing treatment for cancer have pain. And about two-thirds have pain with advanced disease," says Dr. Marcin Chwistek, director of palliative care at Fox Chase Cancer Center.But as more people live longer with cancer and the risk of mounting side effects from oral painkillers, there's more need for other solutions.
Dr. Kasoff says the pump is "wildly underused," because patients and even doctors don't know about it.
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