A pain that is characterized by being experienced by cancer patients and which is caused by radiotherapy or chemotherapy damage to nerves, when cancer invades or compresses nerves, or when, during cancer treatment. This type of pain is typically described as burning, electrical, or strange feeling. [ url:http://www.nationalpainfoundation.org/MyTreatment/articles/Cancer_PainDefinitions.asp ]
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A pain that is characterized by being experienced by cancer patients and which is caused by radiotherapy or chemotherapy damage to nerves, when cancer invades or compresses nerves, or when, during cancer treatment. This type of pain is typically described as burning, electrical, or strange feeling.