South African Journal of Physiotherapy (Jun 1979)

The role of the radiotherapist in the control of pain

  • H. S. King

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v35i2.1117
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 2
pp. 43 – 44

Abstract

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It is a popular misconception that all patients with malignant disease die in great pain, in fact, few patients do have this problem. It can be dealt with by radiation — particularly for bone pain, cytotoxic, and analgesic drugs. Regular use of drugs is better than waiting for pain to become severe.