Chronic Pain due to Cancer

Thirty to 50% of patients with Cancer experience chronic pain. That figure jumps to 75-90% among patients with advanced disease.1

Some people with Cancer may experience severe, chronic pain because of their illness—pain that lingers despite oral medication. Our devices help you manage your patients' chronic pain due to cancer.1, 2, 3

To learn more about Medtronic interventions and devices, and how they can help you manage your patients, choose an intervention or device.

Interventions for Chronic Pain due to Cancer

Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Chronic Pain

Intrathecal Drug Delivery (IDD) directs prescribed pain medications to the spinal cord—affecting primarily the presynaptic and postsynaptic receptors in the gelatinosa of the posterior horn of the spinal cord. For more information about Intrathecal Drug Delivery, please see the Indications, Safety and Warnings.




Devices for Chronic Pain due to Cancer

  1. Portenoy RK. Management of common opioid side effects during long-term therapy of cancer pain. Ann Acad Med.1994;23:160-170.
  2. Lamer TJ: Treatment of cancer-related pain: when orally administered medications fail. Mayo Clin Proc.1994 May;69(5):473-80. Review.
  3. Paice JA, et al: Intraspinal morphine for chronic pain: a retrospective, multicenter study. J Pain Symptom Manage.1996 Feb;11(2):71-80.