Nerve involvement explains why some cancers are very painful

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

More than half of all cancer patients experience pain, most often associated with the malignancy type, body location and disease progression. Pain researchers report that the relationship between tumors and nerves drives persistent and breakthrough pain and tumor progression in certain types of cancers.

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