Discussing your cancer pain and finding relief
As a cancer patient, your top priority is to survive, so you may not think about mentioning any pain associated with your disease or treatment to your care team.
“Many patients aren’t aware of the medications and procedures that can improve their quality of life,” says Salahadin Abdi, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of Pain Medicine. Education and communication are key to ensure you get all of the cancer pain management help you...
Q&A: Phase I clinical trials
Phase I clinical trials are the foundation for how we develop new cancer drugs. Typically, they involve only several dozen patients and study...