Addressing Pain in The Oncologic Patient: The Therapeutic Possibilities in The Pharmacological and Interventionist Field

Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide, presenting a number of different symptoms, with pain being present in up to 66% of these patients, being characterized as one of the most invalidating symptoms, which may be present regardless of the stage of the disease, either as the first symptom, during diagnosis and treatment or in advanced stages of disease. Thus, this work aims to address the various means of analgesia for cancer patients. Among the approaches are included from the steps established by the pain scale recommended by the World Health Organization, to the approach of interventionist techniques currently in use, giving greater prominence to the use of anesthetics, by different routes of administration (oral, subcutaneous, itratectal, neuroaxial and neuronal blocks), such as safe and effective analgesia for cancer patients.

Keywords: Cancer; Pain; Analgesia