Fundamentals of cancer pain manager

PART I : Background and assessment of cancer pain -- History and epidemiology of cancer pain -- Cancer pain syndromes -- Cancer treatment related pain -- Cancer pain management—a European perspective -- Pain in the cancer survivor -- PART II : Pharmacologic therapies -- Opioid therapy in cancer pain -- Opioid-related side effects and management -- Clinical implications of opioid therapy -- Non-opioid analgesics and emerging therapies -- PART III : Interventional and locoregional therapies -- Palliative radiation for cancer pain management -- Ablation techniques in cancer pain -- Interventional treatments for cancer pain -- Peripheral nerve entrapments in cancer pain -- Intrathecal analgesia in cancer pain -- Neurosurgical treatments for cancer pain -- PART IV : Total pain and rehabilitation -- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation -- Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Pain -- Integrative Therapies in Cancer Pain.

This book presents a timely and multidisciplinary update on the modalities currently available for treating the most feared symptom of patients diagnosed with cancer. The various cancer pain syndromes are explored in detail, covering those related directly to malignancy and those due to the after-effects of cancer therapy. Treatment modalities, including pharmacologic approaches, interventional procedures, and palliative surgical options, are discussed clearly and concisely, with provision of recommendations for the practitioner. Further topics include new and emerging treatments for cancer pain, survivorship considerations, pain management in special populations, and implementation of systems-based pain programs. The book has been written by a multidisciplinary group of experts, reflecting the evolution in pain and symptom management that has occurred in parallel with progress toward more targeted oncologic treatments. Oncologists, palliative care physicians, allied health professionals, and other practitioners involved in caring for cancer patients will find Fundamentals of Cancer Pain Management to be a rich source of evidence-based insights into effective pain management.