Towards better pain treatment in cancer

This review focuses on ways to ameliorate diagnosis and treatment of cancer-related pain with currently available knowledge and methods. The first part Indicates how to improve pain assessment and diagnosis in the cancer patient. The second part evaluates current views for adequate pain management b...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anti-cancer drugs 1996-01, Vol.7 (1), p.3-26
Hauptverfasser:	Dellemijn, PLI, Vecht, C J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - therapeutic use Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage Analgesics, Opioid - adverse effects Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - therapeutic use Central Nervous System Agents - therapeutic use Drug Administration Routes Humans Neoplasms - complications Pain - diagnosis Pain - drug therapy Pain - physiopathology Pain Measurement - drug effects Pain Measurement - methods
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Zusammenfassung:	This review focuses on ways to ameliorate diagnosis and treatment of cancer-related pain with currently available knowledge and methods. The first part Indicates how to improve pain assessment and diagnosis in the cancer patient. The second part evaluates current views for adequate pain management based on evidence of double-blind analgesic trials in cancer-related pain and deals with misconceptions in established symptomatic therapy.
ISSN:	0959-4973 1473-5741
DOI:	10.1097/00001813-199601000-00001