Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management

by Eduardo D. Bruera, Russell K. Portenoy, MD Bruera

Overview

This comprehensive text surveys the unique characteristics of cancer pain, including its pathophysiology, clinical assessment, diagnosis, pharmacological management and nonpharmacological treatment. The internationally recognized contributors address the full range of disciplines involved in cancer pain management, including pharmacology, communication studies, and psychology. The volume is an essential resource for physicians, nurses, and medical students treating patients suffering from cancer pain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521773324
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2003
Pages:	500
Sales rank:	744,975
Product dimensions:	11.34(w) x 8.66(h) x 1.26(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. Mechanisms and Epidemiology: 1. Nociception - basic principles Rie Suzuki and Anthony H. Dickenson; 2. Epidemiology of cancer pain - a systematic review Julie Hearn and Irene Higginson; 3. Cancer pain - prevalence and undertreatment Sean O'Mahoney; Part II. Assessment and Syndromes: 4. The assessment of cancer pain Karen O. Anderson and Charles S. Cleeland; 5. Multidimensional assessment - pain and palliative care Peter G. Lawlor; 6. Cancer pain syndromes Russell K. Portenoy and Maria Conn; Part III. Pharmacological Treatment: 7. Pharmacology of analgesia - basic principles Charles Inturrisi; 8. Pharmacology of opioid analgesia - clinical principles Carla Ripamonti; 9. Opioid side effects and management Catherine Sweeney and Eduardo Bruera; 10. Non-opioid analgesics Burkhard Hinz, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer and Kay Brune; 11. Adjuvant analgesic drugs Russell K. Portenoy and Germaine Rowe; Part IV. Non-Pharmacological Approaches: 12. Anesthesiological procedures Suellen M. Walker and Michael J. Cousins; 13. Psychological interventions Diane Novy; 14 Rehabilitation medicine interventions Teresa Gillis; 15. Neurosurgical techniques in the management of cancer pain Samuel J. Hassenbusch and Lauren Johns; Part V. The Role of Antineoplastic Therapies in Pain Control: 16. Palliative radiotherapy Nora A. Janjan, Marc Delclos, Matthew Ballo and Christopher Crane; 17. Palliative systemic antineoplastic therapy Michael J. Fisch; Part VI. Pain in Special Populations: 18. Cancer pain management in the chemically-dependent patient Steven D. Passik, Kenneth L. Kirsh and Vincent Mullen; 19. Cancer pain in children John J. Collins and Charles B. Berde; 20. Cancer pain in the elderly David I. Wollner; Part VII. Difficult Pain Problems: 21 Cancer pain and depression Marjaneh Rouhani, Jahandar Saifollahi and William Breitbart; 22. Neuropathic pain Christopher J. Watling and Dwight E. Moulin; 23. Breakthrough pain Perry G. Fine; 24. Bone pain Eduardo Bruera and Catherine Sweeney; Part VIII. Special Topics: 25. Pain in medical illness - ethical foundations Pauline Lesage and Russell K. Portenoy; 26. Clinical research John Farrar and Scott D. Halpern; 27. Legal and regulatory aspects of opioid treatment - The United States experience June Dahl; 28. Role of family caregivers in cancer pain management Myra Glajchen.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN (Northwestern University)
Description: This is a comprehensive, scientifically based clinical reference for anyone treating cancer-related pain.
Purpose: The purpose of this book, as stated by the editors, is to "provide a comprehensive, clinically oriented, and scholarly review." Their overall objective is to provide a resource to overcome the lack of healthcare professional education devoted to cancer pain. These are worthy goals that are clearly met by this book.
Audience: This book is written for any clinician who provides care to individuals with cancer, regardless of their discipline. Oncologists, radiation oncologists, anesthesiologists, physiatrists, neurosurgeons, nurses, psychologists, and many others would benefit from the information provided in these 48 chapters. Although targeted to the practicing clinician, students and trainees would also find the book useful. Both editors are leaders in the field, as are the majority of the contributing authors.
Features: This book includes mechanisms, epidemiology, assessment, and treatment strategies (pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, interventional, behavioral, rehabilitative, and others). Special populations and complex pain syndromes are also addressed, along with other topics of concern, such as legal, ethical, and research issues. This book is unique in its practical, yet scientifically based approach. Specific recommendations, including drug dosing or novel formulations, are described in sufficient detail to replicate in the clinical setting. The tables and figures are useful, complementing the text. References are thorough and recent. The index is comprehensive.
Assessment: Although there are numerous cancer pain handbooks or quick reference guides, there are no competitors to this book. There is nothing as comprehensive and as scientifically rigorous as this book.

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