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A client is being treated for stomach cancer. the client is in considerable and constant pain, and the family is asking why. how does soft tissue cancer cause pain

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Once the tumor becomes large enough and serious enough it can hurt on its own but in most cases it is painful because it affects local tissues, nerves and muscles in the general area of the tumor. Most times the cancer itself is not painful.