Palliative care 2017

Categories of cancer pain

Type

Features

Example Bone mets Cellulitis Myositis

Somatic

Localised

Persistent

Tenderness

Visceral

Poorly localised

Hepatomegaly

Variable

Ca Pancreas

Assoc symptoms

PA nodes

Neuropathic

Nerve distribution

Brachial L Sacral

Shooting pain

Paraesthesia

Spinal root