Sign or Symptom
cancer pain
can·cer pain
Subclass of:
Pain
Definitions related to cancer pain:
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Pain that may be caused by or related to cellular, tissue, and systemic changes that occur during NEOPLASM growth, tissue invasion, and METASTASIS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Somewhat localized sensation of discomfort, distress or agony resulting from the stimulation of specialized nerve endings in the process of cancer growth, or from cancer therapy.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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