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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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Spinal analgesia for cancer pain

“…Biomedical & life sciences collection. Cancer pain management : advancing towards optimal symptom management.…”
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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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The patient with pain a palliative care approach /

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