Arises from pathologic change or disturbance in peripheral or central nervous system. There are a variety of classification systems of cancer pain that have been put forth. These include Disease Related Pain such as soft tissue, bone pain, nerve pain, visceral pain.
Treatment related pain includes surgery pain, radiation pain and the effects of chemotherapy.
This is not an acceptable standard of care in the United States. This may result from physicians' fear of legal review or from moral objections. This would be more effective if you have a baseline intensity to compare to as well as the greatest and least amount of pain they have experienced. It would also be beneficial to know how these extremes were treated. Pain related to cancer treatment.