Cancer pain management

Med Clin North Am. 1999 May;83(3):711-36, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(05)70131-0.

Abstract

Pain control is vital to the quality of life of patients with cancer. From pain assessment and pharmacologic management to interventional management, special features of cancer pain are outlined in this article. Many evidence-based national and societal guidelines were developed during the past decade on cancer pain management. Proper and adequate management of cancer pain is strongly recommended by all the clinical practice guidelines.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / therapeutic use*
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / complications*
  • Pain / drug therapy
  • Pain / etiology
  • Pain Management*
  • Pain Measurement
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / complications
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Syndrome
  • Terminal Care

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal