Taxonomy of cancer pain -- Current trends in cancer pain management -- Initial approach to the patient with cancer pain -- Evaluation and control of cancer pain in the pediatric patient -- Pain due to tumors of the skull base -- Pain due to epidural metastases and spinal cord compression -- Pain due to bone metastases: new research issues and their clinical implications -- Visceral pain -- Pain following mastectomy, thoracotomy, and radical neck dissection -- Pain following extremity amputation -- Peripheral neuropathy due to chemotherapy and radiation therapy -- Postherpetic neuralgia in the cancer patient -- Neuroradiologic evaluation of the patient with cancer pain -- Behavioral assessment of the patient with cancer pain -- Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric complications -- Opioid analgesics and routes of administration -- Immunologic effects of acute and chronic opiate administration -- Management of opioid-related side effects -- Cancer pain management in the opioid-tolerant patient -- Cancer pain management in the patient with a history of opiate abuse -- Nonopioid analgesics -- Tricyclic antidepressants -- Anticonvulsants -- Topical and oral anesthetics -- Bisphosphonates -- Cancer pain management in the home setting -- Psychological interventions -- Physical therapy -- Occupational therapy -- Acupuncture therapy -- Neurolytic celiac plexus block -- Intraspinal therapy -- Spinal cord stimulation -- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty -- Neurosurgical procedures for cancer pain management -- Chemotherapy for cancer pain management -- Radiation therapy for cancer pain management -- Management of visceral pain due to cancer-related intestinal obstruction -- Hypophysectomy -- Neurolytic techniques for cancer pain management -- Management of cancer pain in neonates, children, and adolescents -- Management of procedure-related pain in children -- Forgotten techniques in cancer pain management -- General principles of palliative care -- The true terminal phase -- Management of symptomatic bone metastases -- Management of dermatologic problems.
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This new, single-volume reference offers knowledge on successfully treating cancer pain. It covers everything from the initial evaluation of the patient with cancer pain to the final hours. Chapters provide information on the latest developments in pharmacological therapy, management of side effects and complications, the use of opiods and adjuvants, invasive techniques for the management of cancer pain, and alternative medicine therapies.