OBJECTIVE The increasing incidence of cancer survivorship has shifted treatment of cancer-related pain from short-term analgesia to long-term chronic pain management. As a result, alternatives to oral analgesics, such as intrathecal therapy, may be beneficial for patients with cancer-related pain. The authors review the use of intrathecal therapy in the management of cancer-related pain. METH...

Objective. The increasing incidence of cancer survivorship has shifted treatment of cancer-related pain from short-term analgesia to long-term chronic pain management. As a result, alternatives to oral analgesics, such as intrathecal therapy, may be beneficial for patients with cancer-related pain. The authors review the use of intrathecal therapy in the management of cancer-related pain. Metho...

Cancer is a chronic disease that affects patients quality of life, hence the need to evaluate care in its globality without forgetting cancer pain. This study aims acknowledge pain patients, it using international scales, and see what extent this managed totality. prospective management, 60 were included, 26 women 34 men, with an average age 52.2 years. The evaluation concerned different pathol...

Background: We report the analgesic efficacy of lumbar epidural adenosine injection in reducing the chronic neuropathic pain in a patient with primitive neuroectodermal tumor. Report of the Case: In this case report a 13-year-old male with primary neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) was administered in epidural space with adenosine to reduce his pain. The patient received 10ml of 0.25% ropivacaine ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the final year medical students' knowledge, beliefs, and attitude toward cancer pain, and the need for a formal pain curriculum in medical schools. METHODS An epidemiological study was conducted from May 2008 to October 2009 at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to assess the students' knowledge and attitude toward cancer pain management. A...

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