What causes cancer pain?

Cancer patients with systemic pain may be related to factors such as cancer cell metastasis, inflammatory mediator release and side effects of chemotherapy drugs.

1. Cancer cell metastasis

For cancer patients, when the disease progresses to an advanced stage, due to the occurrence of systemic multi-organ metastasis of cancer cells, such as liver metastasis, brain metastasis and bone metastasis, it is easy to cause systemic pain.

2. Inflammatory mediator release

Some cancers with endocrine function can release some inflammatory mediators during the growth process, which is also easy to cause symptoms of systemic pain.

3. Side effects of chemotherapy drugs

In the process of anti-tumor treatment, some chemotherapy drugs such as paclitaxel can cause uncomfortable symptoms such as systemic pain and fatigue after use.