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Cancer pain

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Trends in cancer pain -- Etiology of cancer pain -- Cancer survivors -- Problems faced by cancer survivors who have persistent pain -- Tumor and treatment related pain -- Chronic pain syndromes associated with cancer treatment -- Guidelines for treating cancer survivors who experience persistent pain -- Challenges in managing pain associated with malignancies.…”
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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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Chronic cancer pain the price of success? /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Treatment of cancer pain -- Cancer pain statistics -- Epidemiology of cancer pain -- Existence of pain due to cancer -- Cancer pain etiology -- Nociceptive pain: somatic and visceral -- Neuropathic cancer pain -- Chronic pain after cancer surgery -- Ways to classify cancer pain -- Why not just apply the WHO ladder principle to all cancer patients? …”
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Cancer pain and related symptoms an overview /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Scope of the problem -- Consequences of unrelieved cancer pain -- Prevalence of cancer pain -- Common cancer pain syndromes -- Special populations -- Barriers to cancer pain relief -- Who develops chronic cancer pain.…”
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Spinal analgesia for cancer pain

“…Biomedical & life sciences collection. Cancer pain management : advancing towards optimal symptom management.…”
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Principles and practice of supportive oncology /

Subjects: “…Cancer pain Treatment.…”

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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The patient with pain a palliative care approach /

“…Biomedical & life sciences collection. Cancer pain management : advancing towards optimal symptom management.…”
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A guide to oncology symptom management /

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Optimal treatment of chronic pain

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Dealing with the difficult and complex non-malignant pain patient -- It is important to recognize both psychosocial and psychiatric co-morbidities -- Having the patient become part of the solution and having them set realistic goals is important -- Drugs used are similar to those used for cancer pain management but greater awareness of long term effects of opioids such as hyperalgesia and immune suppression, as well as diversion is important.…”
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Pain and symptom control in palliative care new ways to think about old drugs /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Medical decision making -- Cancer patients' symptom burden -- Why treat pain? …”
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Celiac plexus block

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Anatomy -- Demographics of pancreatic cancer pain -- US cancer deaths -- Relative survival -- Pancreatic cancer risk factors -- Pancreatic cancer pain -- Retrocrural anatomy and pancreatic cancer -- Celiac Technique -- Neurolytic celiac plexus block in cancer pain: a meta-analysis -- Block outcome -- Managing risks of technique.…”
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Insight and responsibility ethics in pain medicine and palliative care /

“…Biomedical & life sciences collection. Cancer pain management : advancing towards optimal symptom management.…”
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