In this short video, Dr. Kathleen M. Foley, a neurologist on Sloan-Kettering Pain and Palliative Care Service provides a sobering fact: about half of all cancer pain is not treated.
In the current state of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge this is inexcusable.
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Eye-opening statistics to say the least… I suspect Big Pharma and the Health Insurance Apparatus play a huge role in the situation.
Sad, very sad…
Hi Laura, that might be part of it. I think another part of it is that cancer pain just isn’t a “sexy” area of research, similar to other end-of-life care issues. Very sad.