Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management

by Edited by Eduardo D. Bruera , Russell K. Portenoy

• ISBN13: 9780521879279
• ISBN10: 0521879272
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Drs. Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy have completely revised and updated the widely respected Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management for the second edition of this unanimously praised book. This is a comprehensive, clinically oriented review of all aspects of the complex and multidimensional problem of cancer pain. The unique characteristics of cancer pain, including pathophysiology, clinical assessment, diagnosis, and pharmacological and nonpharmacological management are all discussed here in detail. Internationally recognized leaders in cancer pain research have contributed to many new chapters, including neuraxial analgesia, hospice and institution-based palliative care programs, bone pain, and cancer pain and palliative care in the developing world. Cancer Pain continues to be a scholarly but accessible text that is an essential resource for physicians, nurses, and medical students who treat suffering from cancer pain. Per the New England Journal of Medicine, "This book should be in the library of every physician who comes into contact with patients with pain. It is truly superb."

Table of Contents

Mechanisms and Epidemiology

Nociception: basic principles

Pathophysiology of malignant bone pain

Epidemiology and Syndromes

Cancer pain epidemiology

Cancer pain syndromes

Assessment

The assessment of cancer pain: measurement strategy

Multidimensional assessment: pain and palliative care

Evaluating pain for children with cancer

Pain syndromes in cancer survivors

Pharmacological Treatment

Pharmacology of analgesia: basic principles

Pharmacogenetic considerations in the treatment of cancer pain

Pharmacology of opioid analgesia: clinical principles

Opioid side effects and management

Antipyretic analgesics

Adjuvant analgesic drugs

Neuraxial analgesia

Other Interventional Strategies

Neural blockade for cancer pain

Neurosurgical treatment of cancer pain

Rehabilitation and Psychological Interventions

Psychological interventions for cancer pain

Rehabilitation medicine interventions

The Role of Antineoplastic Therapies in Pain Control

Palliative radiotherapy

Palliative systemic antineoplastic therapy

Cancer pain management in the chemically dependent patient

Pain in Special Populations

Cancer pain in children

Managing cancer pain in the elderly

Difficult Pain Problems

Cancer pain and depression

Neuropathic pain

Breakthrough pain

Bone pain

Systems of Care

Integrating cancer pain management into hospice practice and institution-based palliative care programs

Pain in medical illness: ethical foundations

Understanding clinical trials in pain research

Legal and regulatory aspects of opioid treatment: the United States experience

Role of family caregivers in cancer pain management

Cancer pain and palliative care in the developing world

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