痛みに負けない，がんに負けないために知っておくべきこと : 痛みの訴え方から最新の薬物療法について

In Japan, one of two people is diagnosed as cancer in a lifetime and cancer has been the leading cause of death for a long period. Then, Japanese government established the Cancer Control Act to improve cancer cure and care in 2007. Its law does not describe about only diagnosis and treatment, but also improving quality of life in cancer patients. And also, it describes that it must be duty to treat all symptoms including physical pain if necessary. The recuperation period has been prolonged due to improvement of diagnosis and treatment of cancer, so that many patients suffer from cancer related pain for a long period. Cancer related pain should seems to be chronic pain. It must be managed to improve prognosis and quality of life in cancer patients. In this article, WHO cancer pain relief with the pharmacotherapy for cancer related pain is described.