Categories of cancer pain
Type
Features
Example
Somatic
Localised
Bone mets
Persistent
Cellulitis
Tenderness
Myositis
Visceral
Poorly localised
Hepatomegaly
Variable
Ca Pancreas
Assoc symptoms
PA nodes
Neuropathic
Nerve distribution
Brachial
Shooting pain
L Sacral
Paraesthesia
Spinal root