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Management of cancer pain can make use of many of the techniques mentioned in the previous slide. However, there is a need to address a wider range of issues than with benign pain. Cancer pain may be more accurately described as “suffering”, or “total pain”. Most cancer patients experience some kind of pain. However, it is harder to separate out the elements of physiological disruption from the distress and suffering that accompanies the sensation. In the most recent survey of 1,247 HK cancer patients receiving , as many as 1 in 5 had what they reported to be moderate to severe pain at sometime in the previous month. This suggests that insufficient attention is being paid to the need for pain control in this population.