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Review
. 2019 Mar 16;11(3):373.
doi: 10.3390/cancers11030373.

Cancer-Related Neuropathic Pain

Helen L Edwards  1 , Matthew R Mulvey  2 , Michael I Bennett  3
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Review

Cancer-Related Neuropathic Pain

Helen L Edwards et al. Cancers (Basel). .

Abstract

Neuropathic pain in cancer is common and debilitating. It is important to differentiate neuropathic pain from other cancer-related pains as it is associated with worse pain outcomes and requires different treatment strategies. This review summarises recent updates to pain classification, aetiology, pain assessment and current recommendations for treatment in patients with cancer-related neuropathic pain.

Keywords: cancer; neuropathic pain; pharmacotherapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
NeuPSIG upgraded system for neuropathic pain. Adapted from Finnerup et al. [22].
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