Hepatocellular cancer pain: impact and management challenges

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the most common primary liver malignancy. Pain comprises one of the most pervasive and troubling symptoms of HCC and may have severely negative effects on patient’s quality of life. Furthermore, because HCC frequently arises in the setting of cirrhosis, treatin...

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Autores principales: Christian-Miller, Nathaniel, Frenette, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6055904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30050880
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JHC.S145450
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description Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the most common primary liver malignancy. Pain comprises one of the most pervasive and troubling symptoms of HCC and may have severely negative effects on patient’s quality of life. Furthermore, because HCC frequently arises in the setting of cirrhosis, treating pain related to this malignancy poses a clinical challenge. This article summarizes manifestations of hepatocellular cancer pain, common obstacles to treatment, and practical HCC pain management.
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spelling pubmed-60559042018-07-26 Hepatocellular cancer pain: impact and management challenges Christian-Miller, Nathaniel Frenette, Catherine J Hepatocell Carcinoma Review Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the most common primary liver malignancy. Pain comprises one of the most pervasive and troubling symptoms of HCC and may have severely negative effects on patient’s quality of life. Furthermore, because HCC frequently arises in the setting of cirrhosis, treating pain related to this malignancy poses a clinical challenge. This article summarizes manifestations of hepatocellular cancer pain, common obstacles to treatment, and practical HCC pain management. Dove Medical Press 2018-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6055904/ /pubmed/30050880 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JHC.S145450 Text en © 2018 Christian-Miller and Frenette. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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