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As of January 2012, cancer survivors in the United States numbered an estimated 13.7 million and are projected to reach 18 million over the next decade. Cancer survivors tend to have poor health-related quality of life (HRQol) and experience numerous symptom clusters (physical and mental), including pain. The pain pattern shifts from short-term cancer-related pain to chronic pain syndromes that may last from months to years. Although a majority return to work, 20% are not able to because of the complex disability associated with their symptom burden. In the American Cancer Society’ s study of survivors, 90% reported pain and other symptoms 1 year after diagnosis. A quarter of these survivors were considered to have a “high symptom burden,” with pain, depression, and fatigue having the greatest impact on health-related quality of life (HRQol). We propose incorporating components from comprehensive chronic pain rehabilitation programs and tailoring them to the specific needs of cancer survivors.

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  1. Department of Pain Medicine, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta

  2. University of Texas, Physical Therapy Department, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Maureen J. Simmonds

  3. Department of Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Diane M. Novy

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Amitabh Gulati

  2. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Vinay Puttanniah

  3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Brian M. Bruel

  4. Midwest Neuroscience Institute, Center for the Relief of Pain, Kansas City, MO, USA

    William S. Rosenberg

  5. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

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Koyyalagunta, D., Simmonds, M.J., Novy, D.M. (2019). General Pain Management Concepts. 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_7

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