Treatment of cancer pain includes invasive techniques of pain therapy if necessary. Here we report the management of a 55-year-old female patient with penetrating rectal cancer using continuous lumbal epidural anesthesia. After placement and dose-finding our patient was discharged from hospital and further treatment occurred at home.
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