What Can I Do To Prevent Cancer Pain?

Dr. Kathleen M. Foley answers the question: 'Can I Prevent Cancer Pain?'

ByABC News
November 14, 2008, 1:26 PM

— -- Question: What Can I Do To Prevent Cancer Pain?

Answer: There's nothing specifically that one can do to prevent cancer pain, but there is an important fact that patients need to know, and that is; is that (if) they begin to notice subtle pain symptoms, then they should report it to their physician, because early diagnosis of tumor growing in the bone that's presenting with pain as a symptom is a much better way to treat that tumor early on than to wait until it's fully grown.

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