Causes of chronic pain associated with cancer treatment
| Chemotherapy |
| Peripheral neuropathy (with agents such as paclitaxel, docetaxel, vincristine, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, thalidomide, and bortezomib) |
| Osteonecrosis secondary to concurrent steroid use |
| Radiation therapy |
| Connective-tissue fibrosis |
| Neural damage (such as brachial plexopathy, myelopathy) |
| Pain from secondary malignancies |
| Enteritis |
| Proctitis |
| Cystitis |
| Vaginal dryness or atrophy |
| Surgery |
| Mastectomy (may be due to phantom breast pain, intercostobrachial neuralgia, neuroma or nerve injury) |
| Amputation or phantom limb pain |
| Thoracotomy |
| Head and neck surgery (eg, neck dissection) |