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Title
Features and management of the pelvic cancer pain [electronic resource] / Marco Cascella, Arturo Cuomo, Daniela Viscardi.
ISBN
9783319335872 (electronic book)
3319335871 (electronic book)
9783319335865
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxv, 164 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
RC946
Dewey Decimal Classification
616/.0472
Summary
This book focuses on the features of pelvic pain in the different cancer diseases, the pain assessment tools, as well as the pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. Pelvic cancer pain is a common and debilitating symptom, and pain control is a one among the main therapeutic goals throughout the duration of the disease. Because pelvic cancer pain due to primitive cancer, recurrence or metastasis is a complex clinical pathology, no single technique is often guaranteed to produce a complete pain relief. Thus, there are many treatment options, but in most cases a correct approach to pain control should be provided by a multidisciplinary team under the responsibility of a pain specialist coordinating several professionals. This book will aid several figures of practitioners, like anesthesiologists, oncologists or surgeons, in making the correct decisions in individual patients affected by cancer pain due to pelvic diseases.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLInk, viewed July 22, 2016).
Part 1. Features and Assessment
1. General Features of Pelvic Cancer Pain
2. Pelvic Pain in the Different Cancer Diseases
3. Pain Syndromes Associated with Cancer Therapy
4. Pain Assessment
Part 2. Treatments
5. Pharmacological Approaches
6. Palliative Radiotherapy
7. Central Neuraxial Blocks
8. Neurolytic Sympathetic Plexus Blocks
9. Minimally Invasive Palliative Treatments
10. Psychological, Behavioral and Rehabilitation Approaches to Cancer Pain Management
11. Pain Management Team and Palliative Care Setting
12. Conclusion.
