Sacroiliitis in cancer patients: a review of current literature

Cancer and cancer therapy present additional risk factors to the development of sacroiliitis joint pain, find out more about this condition in this  Review article published in the journal Pain Management. Abstract The sacroiliac (SI) joint can be directly jeopardized by malignancy and indirectly by ergonomic changes of pelvic obliquity that introduces uneven weight distribution. Cancer treatment can exacerbate preexisting arthritis and cause diffuse arthropathies, but these are unlikely to be isolated to the SI joint. The cancer population is exposed to unique stressors that might facilitate development of SI joint pain that includes cancer itself and therapy-related complications. Like...