TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sharma,Manohar
AU  - Gupta,Sanjeeva
AU  - Bennett,Michael I.
AU  - Simpson,Karen H.
TI  - Practical management of complex cancer pain
T2  - Oxford specialist handbooks in oncology
SN  - 9780198865667
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Oncology
KW  - Complications
KW  - Pain
KW  - Treatment
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -