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Pelvic Pain in Different Cancer Diseases

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The pain may have various characteristics according to the different pelvic neoplastic diseases (Table 3.1). The features and the latency of the symptoms depend on many factors, including the anatomy and innervation of the pelvis and the type of cancer and its progression.

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    Marco Cascella & Arturo Cuomo

  2. Department Clinical Neurosc, Anesth Pharmacol, University “Federico II” Naples, Naples, Italy

    Daniela Viscardi

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Cascella, M., Cuomo, A., Viscardi, D. (2016). Pelvic Pain in Different Cancer Diseases. In: Features and Management of the Pelvic Cancer Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33587-2_2

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