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Pain in Advanced Cancer: Assessment and Management
OBJECTIVES After participating in the CME activity, primary care physicians should be able to: 1. Identify barriers to adequate pain management 2. Describe the key elements of pain assessment 3. Describe the principles of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of cancer pain 4. Understand the approach to use of analgesic agents presented in the World Health Organization analgesic ladder ...
متن کاملAssessment and Management of Cancer Pain
It is estimated that from 30% to 50% of patients actively undergoing cancer therapy and from 60% to 90% of patients with advanced cancer have pain (Foley, 1979; Bonica, 1990; Twycross and Fairfield, 1982; World Health Organization, 1986; Levin et al., 1985). Approximately 50% of children in an inpatient pediatric cancer center and about 25% of outpatients experience pain (Miser et al., 1987). T...
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Mucositis pain is a major clinical problem associated with cancer treatment. Mucosal tissue injury is a dose-limiting side effect and also limits nutritional intake and oral function, resulting in weight loss and nutritional deficits for many patients. The pathophysiology of mucositis is thought to be a complex array of cytokine-mediated events, which begins with mucosal atrophy and eventually ...
متن کاملThe Challenges of Cancer Pain Assessment and Management
Pain, being one of the most common symptoms of cancer1 , is a heavy weight that a patient often has to carry with them along their journey from pre diagnosis, through treatment and even when in remission1-3 . It is a debilitating symptom, interfering with not only their physical state, but also their psychological and social wellbeing1. It has been shown that 67% of patients find their cancer p...
متن کاملThe preliminary application of assessment system for cancer pain management.
OBJECTIVE To apply the assessment system for cancer pain management preliminarily, explore the issues in cancer pain diagnosis and treatment, and analyze the differences between oncology department and non-oncology in cancer pain diagnosis and treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS The validated questionnaires were collected from department of medical oncology of three hospitals including Xuzhou Cen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601983