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The prevalence of pain among patients with cancer is significant. Despite the development of new medications, the use of multimodal therapy, and the better understanding of the role that interventional technique may play in the management of these patients, uncontrolled pain continues to be significant in first world countries. Studies have shown that pain specialist involvement in the treatment of these patients results in not only improved pain control but also a decrease in side effects. Consequently, oncologists need to be proactive in involving a pain specialist in the management of these patients.
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Gill, A., de Leon-Casasola, O.A. (2019). Perspectives on Interventional Cancer Pain Management. In: Gulati, A., Puttanniah, V., Bruel, B., Rosenberg, W., Hung, J. (eds) Essentials of Interventional Cancer Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99684-4_1
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