Abstract
Although reliable data on the frequency of cancer pain do not exist (see Wagner, this volume), it has been estimated that nearly one-third of all nonterminal cancer patients (Foley 1979) and about 60% of all patients with terminal cancer suffer from pain of different degrees of severity (Twycross 1980). These data underline the significance of pain in cancer patients. The predominance of chronic, persistent pain in cancer affects the patient’s ability to lead a normal productive life often more than the knowledge of the disease itself and substantially contributes to the physical and psychic decay of the patient.
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