[Analgesic treatment of cancer pain]

Abstract

Cancer pain can be nociceptive, neuropathic or mixed. It is linked to the tumour, to the metastases and to the treatments for the disease and is managed by multimodal analgesia corresponding to the pain relief drugs of the WHO's pain ladder, antidepressants, antiepileptic drugs and local anaesthetics.

Keywords: anesthésique local; cancer; chemotherapy; chimiothérapie; douleur; local anaesthetic; pain; traitement; treatment.