Cancer pain / Magdi Hanna, Ben Zylicz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanna, Magdi.

Zylicz, Zbigniew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplasms--complications.

Neoplasms--therapy.

Pain Management.

Cancer pain--Treatment.

Cancer pain.

Medical Subjects:

Neoplasms--complications.

Neoplasms--therapy.

Pain Management.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Springer, [2013]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Cancer remains a major challenge for medicine and it continues to claim lives and cause great suffering. Pain is a symptom experienced by most cancer patients regardless of disease stage, and less than 50% of cancer pain patients achieve effective pain and symptom control though available therapies. If these therapies are utilized correctly, many more patients can achieve effective control. While opioids are still seen as the mainstay of cancer pain treatment, it is necessary to examine whether this treatment strategy still holds true in the 21st century. Cancer Pain provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, practical guide to the management of pain in cancer patients. The book provides a clear, concise explanation of cancer pain syndromes, a modern understanding of the pathophysiological mechanism and an overview of recent developments in creating pre-clinical cancer pain models. It offers the reader the wide and improved options for management of cancer pain in clinical practice, including the use of opioid and non-opioid drugs, and defines the role of non-pharmacological methods for pain control. Cancer Pain also provides an overview of the latest developments in the management of cancer, which have major implications for the current and future thinking in cancer pain treatment strategy. This text is an invaluable resource for doctors, trainees and clinical nurse specialists in palliative medicine and oncology, and would be of interest to anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of the complex nature of cancer pain and the tools available to alleviate it.

Contents:

Introduction / Magdi Hanna, Zbigniew (Ben) Zylicz,

Epidemiology of Pain in Cancer / Irene J. Higginson

Recent Advances in Cancer Treatment / M. J. Lind

Pharmacogenetics of Pain in Cancer / Pål Klepstad,

Mechanisms in Cancer Pain / Jerzy Wordliczek,, Renata Zajaczkowska,

Preclinical Cancer Pain Models / Joanna Mika, Wioletta Makuch, Barbara Przewlocka

Pain Assessment, Recognising Clinical Patterns, and Cancer Pain Syndromes / Malgorzata Krajnik,, Zbigniew (Ben) Zylicz,

Opioids, Their Receptors, and Pharmacology / R. A. F. J. D'Costa, Magdi Hanna

Critical Appraisal of the Breakthrough Pain in Cancer / Zbigniew (Ben) Zylicz,

Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia / Jakob Sørensen, Per SjøgrenSci

The Non-Pharmacological and Local Pharmacological Methods of Pain Control / Remigiusz Lecybyl,

New Drugs in Management of Pain in Cancer / Marie Fallon

Neuropathic Component of Pain in Cancer / Jung Hun Kang, Eduardo Bruera

Noncancer-Related Pain in Daily Practice / Zbigniew (Ben) Zylicz,

Rehabilitation of Cancer Patients, a Forgotten Need? / Roberto Casale,, Danilo Miotti

Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Pain / Marijana Braš, Veljko Đorđević,

Spiritual Care and Pain in Cancer / Carlo Leget

Interventional Techniques in Cancer Pain: Critical Appraisal / Vittorio Schweiger, Enrico Polati, Antonella Paladini

Access to Opioid Analgesics: Essential for Quality Cancer Care / Willem Scholten

Challenges for Pain Management in the Twenty-First Century / Mellar P. Davis.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Cancer pain.

ISBN:

9780857292308

0857292307

OCLC:

855544999

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