Practical management of complex cancer pain

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION A: Introduction and clinical cases -- Definition and pathophysiology of complex cancer pain -- Evidence based pharmacological approaches to management -- Neurolytic blocking agents -- Role of surgery in cancer pain management -- Oncological management of cancer pain -- Pelvic pain -- Chest wall pain from mesothelioma or lung cancer -- Unilateral upper limb plexopathy pain caused by cancer -- Unilateral lower limb plexopathy related cancer pain -- Upper GI pain from invasive pancreatic cancer -- Multiple bone metastases/bone fracture related -- Intrathecal pump case history -- Cancer survivor with pain progression -- SECTION B: Details of interventional techniques -- Basic procedure safety and patient considerations for cancer pain interventions -- Sympathectomy for cancer pain -- Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for spinal metastasis pain -- Cervical cordotomy (Fluroscopic and CT Guided technique) -- Intrathecal drug delivery for cancer pain -- Spinal neurolysis -- Interventions for head and neck cancer related pain -- Neurosurgical techniques for cancer pain -- Spinal cord stimulation for cancer related pain -- Radiological tumour ablative techniques -- Radiofrequency brain lesioning for cancer related pain -- Radiofrequency ablation technique for metastatic spine disease -- The role of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in cancer pain management -- SECTION C: Collaboration between services -- Role of collaboration between pain medicine and palliative care -- Pain in cancer survivors -- Control of complex pain at the end of life in hospice or community setting.

"Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as an "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experi-ence associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage". Chronic pain is defined as "pain which persists beyond the usual course of healing or is associat-ed with chronic pathological illness which causes continuous pain or pain which recurs at intervals for months or years"-- Provided by publisher.