Cancer pain : pharmacologic, interventional, and palliative approaches / Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taxonomy of cancer pain -- Current trends in cancer pain management -- Initial approach to the patient with cancer pain -- Evaluation and control of cancer pain in the pediatric patient -- Pain due to tumors of the skull base -- Pain due to epidural metastases and spinal cord compression -- Pain due to bone metastases: new research issues and their clinical implications -- Visceral pain -- Pain following mastectomy, thoracotomy, and radical neck dissection -- Pain following extremity amputation -- Peripheral neuropathy due to chemotherapy and radiation therapy -- Postherpetic neuralgia in the cancer patient -- Neuroradiologic evaluation of the patient with cancer pain -- Behavioral assessment of the patient with cancer pain -- Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric complications -- Opioid analgesics and routes of administration -- Immunologic effects of acute and chronic opiate administration -- Management of opioid-related side effects -- Cancer pain management in the opioid-tolerant patient -- Cancer pain management in the patient with a history of opiate abuse -- Nonopioid analgesics -- Tricyclic antidepressants -- Anticonvulsants -- Topical and oral anesthetics -- Bisphosphonates -- Cancer pain management in the home setting -- Psychological interventions -- Physical therapy -- Occupational therapy -- Acupuncture therapy -- Neurolytic celiac plexus block -- Intraspinal therapy -- Spinal cord stimulation -- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty -- Neurosurgical procedures for cancer pain management -- Chemotherapy for cancer pain management -- Radiation therapy for cancer pain management -- Management of visceral pain due to cancer-related intestinal obstruction -- Hypophysectomy -- Neurolytic techniques for cancer pain management -- Management of cancer pain in neonates, children, and adolescents -- Management of procedure-related pain in children -- Forgotten techniques in cancer pain management -- General principles of palliative care -- The true terminal phase -- Management of symptomatic bone metastases -- Management of dermatologic problems.