… Oral cancer is unique in that it causes intense pain at the primary site and significantly …
that oral cancer pain has underlying biologic mechanisms that are generated within the cancer …

… between symptoms and biologic mechanisms, careful description of cancer-related … on
cytokines and cancer-related symptoms met in November 2001 to discuss a unifying biologic/…

… CP is a complex biologic phenomenon that is still not well … mechanisms can be responsible
for the pain 12, 13 . In recent years, however, new perspectives on the biology of pain caused …

… Pain can be acute, serving a biological purpose, eg protection, and chronic, without a biological
purpose, becoming an own medical disease more than a symptom [3]. A workgroup from …

… embedded within the cancer. When we rigorously assess patients' cancer pain, we gain
insight into the action of cancer. An enhanced understanding of cancer pain offers biological …

… pain that results from cancer treatment, that is, pain resulting from radiation, chemotherapy,
or surgery. The pain-producing mechanisms I review pertain to cancer … of cancer patients …

… Biologic mechanisms of oral cancer pain and implications for clinical therapy. J Dent Res
2012; 91(5): 447-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022034511424156 PMID: 21972258 [106] …

… Conventionally, a mechanism-based discussion of pain therapies is confined to … level and
the consequent biological targets for treatments. However, the definition of mechanism as “a …

… the role of genetic polymorphisms that modulate inflammation and risk of cancer. We will
use 2 specific cancer models, prostate and gastric cancer, to show the principles involved. …

… biologic mechanisms. The key to rational polypharmacy is understanding the specific
mechanisms that contribute to the chronic pain … At this point, multiple types of pain medications …