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Managing Cancer Pain
The following links provide information on pain, one of the most challenging symptoms of cancer.

American Pain Foundation
The American Pain Foundation (APF) is a united voice of hope and power over pain. APF serves people with pain through information, advocacy, and support. Their mission is to improve the quality of life of people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.

American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society provides information on ways to control cancer pain, the latest pain treatments, ways to document your pain and discuss the topic with your doctor. 

MD Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers basic information on cancer pain and its treatment. 

National Cancer Institute: Controlling Pain
National Cancer Institute: Controlling Pain guide offers information on cancer pain prevention and treatment. 

National Cancer Institute: Understanding Pain
National Cancer Institute: Understanding Pain guide offers information on why cancer patients experience pain, the different ways pain can be treated, and what you need to do if you are having pain.

Oncolink
Oncolink offers information on pain that can occur particularly during cancer treatment such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. 


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