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Cancer Pain MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Cancer Pain
Tree Number(s)
C23.888.592.612.212
F02.830.816.444.416
G11.561.790.444.432
Unique ID
D000072716
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072716
Annotation
not for treatment-related pain
Scope Note
Pain that may be caused by or related to cellular, tissue, and systemic changes that occur during NEOPLASM growth, tissue invasion, and METASTASIS.
Entry Term(s)
Cancer-Associated Pain
Cancer-Related Pain
Neoplasm-Associated Pain
Neoplasm-Related Pain
Oncological Pain
Oncology Pain
Tumor-Associated Pain
Tumor-Related Pain
Previous Indexing
Pain (1983-2016)
Public MeSH Note
2017
History Note
2017
Date Introduced
2017/01/01
Last Updated
2026/01/01
Cancer Pain Preferred
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