Poor Pain Control for Cancer Patients

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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/poor-pain-control-for-cancer-patients/?hp

Excerpt:

Researchers who surveyed more than 3,000 cancer patients found that nearly two-thirds said they were in pain or receiving pain medications. Roughly a third felt they needed more painkillers to fully treat their symptoms.

A month after the patients saw their oncologists, the researchers again asked the patients about their pain. Instead of showing improvement, the percentage of patients who continued to be in pain remained unchanged.

Their pain, in other words, had not been treated.