Classification of Pain for Patient with Cancer

• tumor infiltration or compression of a peripheral nerve?

• tumor-related radiculopathy or cauda equina syndrome?

• tumor infiltration or compression of a nerve plexus (cervical, brachial, lumbosacral, sacral)?

• tumor-related myelopathy?

• metastases to bone?

• pathologic fracture?

• primary bone involvement by the tumor?

• tumor involvement of skin and subcutaneous tissue?

• tumor involvement of muscle and fascia?

• invasion of esophagus and/or mediastinum?

• referred shoulder pain from invasion of diaphragm?

• distention of organ capsule (liver, other)?

• suprapubic pain from involvement of bladder or pelvic organ?

• perineal pain from pelvic organ involvement?

• tumor involvement of a mucosal surface (oral, rectal, etc)?

• epigastric pain?

• biliary obstruction?

• bowel obstruction?

• ureter or urethra obstruction?

• diffuse peritoneal involvement?

• diffuse pleural involvement?

• retroperitoneal involvement?

• headache from raised intracranial pressure or intracranial disease?

• headache, neck or back pain from involvement of leptomeninges?

• involvement of structures in the head and neck (base of the skull, jugular foramen, sphenoid sinus, etc)?

• tumor infiltration of joint or joint capsule?

• paraneoplastic neurologic disorder?

• acute postoperative pain?

• chronic postoperative pain (post-mastectomy, post-thoracotomy, post-nephrectomy, etc)?

• stent-associated?

• peripheral neuropathy associated with chemotherapy?

• arthritis associated with corticosteroid therapy?

• osteonecrosis following chemotherapy or radiation?

• mucositis, cystitis,proctitis or enteritis from chemotherapy or radiation therapy?

• pain following chemoembolization?

• aseptic meningitis due to chemotherapeutic agent?

• diffuse myositis following chemotherapy?

• fibrosis entrapping a peripheral nerve or nerve plexus following radiation therapy?

• radiation myelopathy?

• radiation-induced nerve tumor?

• acute bone pain from tumor swelling following therapy?

• radiation dermatitis?

• post-herpetic neuralgia?