Discovery could ease cancer pain (BBC)

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A breakthrough could lead to drugs to alleviate the pain experienced by cancer patients.

The biology of cancer pain is different to other types of pain, often rendering analgesic drugs ineffective.

Work by a German team, published in Nature Medicine, shows that blocking a specific type of hormone-like molecule produced by tumours could help.

The team showed that the molecules make nerve endings grow in nearby tissue, causing an acute sensation of pain.
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The molecules highlighted by the latest study, by a team at Heidelberg University, were known to play a role in the development of blood cells in the bone marrow.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8089306.stm

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Oh, I hope so .........

Anyone who's ever been with a terminal cancer patient wants this news to be fact.

I hope so. I dearly hope so ........................

[emilyg]

2. k/r