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Cancer pain control an evidence-based approach /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Importance of cancer pain control -- Assessment and sources of cancer pain -- Selecting agents according to pain mechanism -- The WHO ladder -- Nonopioids and adjuvants -- Opioids -- Side effects -- Neuraxial drug delivery -- Nondrug modalities -- What does the published evidence show?.…”
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The rational use of opioid analgesics for cancer pain with a critique of the WHO 3-step ladder /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Who 3-step analgesic ladder for cancer pain -- Overview of WHO cancer pain programme -- Cancer pain: a global problem -- UK national cancer patient survey -- Cancer pain is still endemic in the developed world -- Pain characteristics -- Pain in advanced cancer -- 2007 EPIC survey -- What has been achieved? …”
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