RT Journal
A1 Nampiaparampil DE
T1 Cancer pain: Assessment, diagnosis, and management
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD June 23
VO 303
IS 24
SP 2529
OP 2533
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.848
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.848
AB 
While most practitioners may be familiar with cancer-related pain as a composite entity, they may not be familiar with its different nociceptive and neuropathic components. After reading this text, they will be. The authors systematically define the different mechanisms by which cancer can cause pain and then provide a detailed analysis of each aspect of the problem. For example, they write that “Tumor involvement of the peripheral nervous system has many manifestations and can include lesions within the cerebrospinal fluid space, local invasion, compression of nerves, direct infiltration, perineural spread, and intraneural metastases.”