Treating Cancer Pain

Creator(s)

Anand B. Karnad, East Tennessee State University
Henry N. Blansfield
John H. Kilwein, University of Pittsburgh
Alan N. Goodman
Carol S. Marcus, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
William M. O'neill, University of Bristol
E. Joanna Chambers, University of Bristol
Marie T. Fallon, University of Bristol
William D. Bloomer, American College of Radiation Oncology
Charles S. Cleeland, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Ada Jacox, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Daniel B. Carr, Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard Payne, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Document Type

Letter

Publication Date

7-21-1994

Description

To the Editor: The truth often hurts. Being a medical oncologist, I had pain that reached a score of 10 on reading the article by Cleeland and colleagues (March 3 issue)1 on the inadequate management of pain in outpatients with cancer. Like many medical oncologists, I find myself staying busy just fighting pain, and I take pride in the superb level of pain control achieved in most of my inpatients and hospice patients. However, the management of pain in outpatients with cancer remains challenging for several reasons. First, inadequate tools alone cannot be blamed for poor assessment of pain as.

Citation Information

Karnad, Anand B.; Blansfield, Henry N.; Kilwein, John H.; Goodman, Alan N.; Marcus, Carol S.; O'neill, William M.; Chambers, E. Joanna; Fallon, Marie T.; Bloomer, William D.; Cleeland, Charles S.; Jacox, Ada; Carr, Daniel B.; and Payne, Richard. 1994. Treating Cancer Pain. New England Journal of Medicine. Vol.331(3). 199-201. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199407213310313 PMID: 7516495 ISSN: 0028-4793