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Kathleen M. Foley
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"In recent years, the most important change for patients is that pain is now recognized as another vital sign"
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At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, pain management is one component of a broad symptom-management approach for patients at every stage of treatment.

Pain can be managed effectively in most patients with cancer or with a history of cancer. An accurate diagnosis of the cause and type of pain is key to finding the most effective treatment.

Choose from the list below to find up-to-date information about cancer pain and pain management, and to learn about Memorial Sloan-Kettering's expertise in managing cancer-related pain.

  • Our Approach & Expertise
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering was the first cancer center in the United States to have an interdisciplinary service devoted specifically to treating pain in cancer patients.
  • Overview of Cancer Pain
    Approximately one quarter of newly diagnosed cancer patients have some degree of pain, as do one third of patients undergoing cancer treatment and three quarters of patients with advanced disease.
  • Sources of Cancer Pain
    Patients with cancer can have pain from the tumor itself, as a side effect of treatment, or completely independent of the disease or its treatment.
  • Treating Cancer Pain
    Pain can be managed effectively in most patients with cancer or with a history of cancer.
  • Management of Side Effects
    Because many common side effects of pain medicines are also symptoms of other conditions -- including, sometimes, the underlying cancer -- an interdisciplinary approach to pain management is important.
  • Pain Management after the Hospital Stay
    Whether in the hospital, at home, or in a long-term care facility, effective pain management is an essential part of comprehensive cancer care.
  • Questions & Answers
    Responses to questions about pain management that patients and caregivers have asked Memorial Sloan-Kettering clinicians.
  • Our Pain & Palliative Care Service
    Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Kathleen Foley founded the first pain and palliative care service within a cancer hospital in the United States.

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Last Updated: Jan. 30, 2002
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