%0 Journal Article %T Cancer pain management: What should be done to improve effectiveness? %A So, Winnie K.W. %J Annals of Palliative Medicine %D 2012 %B 2012 %9 %! Cancer pain management: What should be done to improve effectiveness? %K %X In 2008, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (1) estimated that there were more than 12.4 million new cancer cases worldwide, 7.6 million deaths from the disease, and 28 million people with cancer surviving five years after initial diagnosis. Advances in cancer treatment have increased survival rates and prolonged life spans (2), but there is still inevitable damage to healthy cells and tissues due either to the cancer itself or to the therapy applied, and side effects or symptoms therefore occur during or after the treatment. Among the various symptoms experienced by cancer patients, pain is one of the most prevalent (3). %U https://apm.amegroups.org/article/view/115 %V 1 %N 1 %P 8-9 %@ 2224-5839