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Neal Rakesh, MD talks about ways that MSK can help manage pain from cancer treatment.
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DR. NEAL RAKESH
At Memorial Sloan Kettering, there’s a lot of different options of things that we can do. So, there are the simple options, like physical therapy, acupuncture, medical marijuana, topical creams and ointments, and even medications. And oftentimes, these are very effective at treating pain. For the more severe pains, what we do is injections, so steroid injections or nerve blocks are very, very helpful. For the really, really bad pain, what we do is we work with our surgical colleagues to do implantable things, like spinal cord stimulators or pain pumps. At MSK, we’re here to help with all your cancer-related pain.
