Cancer Pain

Cancer Pain edited by Magdi Hanna, Zbigniew (Ben) Zylicz.

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 therapie...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hanna, Magdi (Editor), Zylicz, Zbigniew (Ben) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pain medicine.
Oncology  .
Internal medicine.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Epidemiology of Pain in Cancer
  • 3 Recent Advances in Cancer Treatment
  • 4 Pharmacogenetics of Pain in Cancer
  • 5 Mechanisms of Cancer Pain
  • 6 Pre-clinical Cancer Pain Models
  • 7 Pain Assessment, Recognizing Clinical Patterns and Cancer Pain Syndromes
  • 8 Opioids, their Receptors and Pharmacology
  • 9 Critical Appraisal of the Breakthrough Pain in Cancer
  • 10 Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia
  • 11 The Non-pharmacological and Local Pharmacological Methods of Pain Control
  • 12 New Drugs in Management of Pain in Cancer
  • 13 Neuropathic Component of Pain in Cancer
  • 14 Non-cancer-related Pain in Daily Practice
  • 15 Rehabilitation of Cancer Patients: a Forgotten Need?
  • 16 Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Pain
  • 17 Spiritual Care and Pain in Cancer
  • 18 Interventional Techniques in Cancer Pain: Critical Appraisal
  • 19 Challenges for Pain Management in 21st Century.

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