Abstract：
Pain is considered as one of the most debilitating symptoms of cancer and its treatment. Owing to the limited efficacy of traditional pharmacological interventions to address cancer pain in its entirety, an avenue exists for exploration into nonpharmacological therapies. Analgesia using non-invasive electrotherapeutic modalities such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and scrambler therapy emerges as a viable option to address cancer pain. The inability of these modalities to find a place within the recommended clinical guidelines has possibly resulted in the paucity of application of the same within the clinical setup. This perspective article aims at stimulating a discussion surrounding the inclusion of non-invasive neuromodulatory treatment techniques such as TENS and scrambler therapy to combat cancer pain and explore the benefits and pitfalls of using these techniques as an adjunct to the pre-existing treatment strategies. It is envisioned that this opinion piece will open a dialogue about a possible home for non-invasive electroanalgesia within the clinical treatment pathway for cancer pain.
摘要：
疼痛被认为是癌症及其治疗的最衰弱的症状之一。由于传统药物干预治疗癌症疼痛的整体疗效有限，探索非药物疗法的途径。使用诸如经皮神经电刺激(TENS)和扰频器疗法的非侵入性电治疗方式的镇痛成为解决癌症疼痛的可行选择。这些模式无法在推荐的临床指南中找到位置，这可能导致在临床设置中应用相同的方法很少。这篇观点文章旨在激发围绕纳入非侵入性神经调节治疗技术的讨论，例如TENS和扰频疗法，以对抗癌症疼痛，并探索使用这些技术作为现有治疗策略的辅助手段的益处和陷阱。可以预见，这篇观点文章将开启一场关于癌症疼痛临床治疗途径内非侵入性电镇痛的可能家庭的对话。
