PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Watson, C. P.
AU  - Evans, R. J.
TI  - Intractable pain with breast cancer
DP  - 1982 Feb 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 263--266
VI  - 126
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/126/3/263.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/126/3/263.full
SO  - CMAJ1982 Feb 01; 126
AB  - This study examines retrospectively the cause, clinical features, natural history and results of treatment of intractable pain associated with breast cancer in 210 patients. The three chief types of pain were that due to skeletal metastases or brachial plexus neuropathy and pain of psychogenic origin. Onset at the time of cancer diagnosis characterized the psychogenic pain, whereas pain from metastases first occurred after a median latency of 3.7 years. Treatment was custom-tailored to the specific patient and pain problem, with several factors taken into account. The onset of intractable pain due to metastatic disease indicated a short survival (median, 9 months).