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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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Symptom control using technology pragmatically /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Use of PCA for acute or episodic pain -- Blocks in cancer pain -- Targeted analgesia -- Use of continuous infusions -- Neuroablative blocks -- Spinal pumps: indications and benefits -- Options for spinal pump medications -- New option: Ziconotide -- Managing the distressed patient best with a multidisciplinary team.…”
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HSV vectors approaches to the treatment of chronic pain /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: HSV gene therapy for pain -- Criteria for vector engineering and gene delivery -- HSV gene expression and HSV vectors -- Treating pain with opioid peptides -- Spinal nerve ligation model of neuropathic pain -- Transduction of lumbar DRG with HSV vector -- Osteolytic sarcoma studies -- Clinical trial in terminal cancer patients -- Effect of glycine on nociceptive behavior -- Selective vector infection and expression -- Targeting transgene expression with promoters -- Gene expression constructs -- Promoter-regulated expression in embryonic DRG -- Comparing LAP, CMV & CGRP gene expression.…”
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