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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2015 Apr;156(Suppl 1):S32–S34. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000099

Table 1.

Processes and mediators involved in carcinogenesis that likely lead to cancer pain

Carcinogenesis process Algogenic mediators involved with carcinogenesis
Cancer proliferation ATP, protons
Tissue invasion and metastasis proteases
Perineural invasion proteases
Angiogenesis ET-1, bradykinin, neurotrophins
Neurogenesis within cancer microenvironment neurotrophins