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Treating Pain Caused by Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer can cause pain when the tumor presses on nerves or other organs near the pancreas. Many patients can manage this pain with medicines such as opioids. Opioids are a group of medicines that have been used to relieve pain for more than 100 years. When pain medicine is not enough, there are treatments that act on nerves in the abdomen to relieve the pain. The doctor may inject medicine into the area around affected nerves, or cut the nerves to block the feeling of pain. Radiation therapy or chemotherapy can also help relieve pain by shrinking the tumor.
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