Interventional Radiology in Cancer-related Pain Management

Nguyen Truong Giang1,
1 Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Thai Nguyen Central Hospital

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Pain is a clinical symptom affecting the life quality in patients with cancer. Pain can be induced from different sources; therefore, pain management is also varied following pain mechanisms. Apart from traditional pain care therapies, interventional radiology may help in managing pain with minimal invasive techniques. This review focuses on imaging guided pain management methods used in patients with severe pain in advanced cancer stages when traditional pain control shown ineffective

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