Interventional therapies for cancer pain management: important adjuvants to systemic analgesics

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 753-760

  Eidelman, Anthony ^a   White, Traci ^a   Swarm, Robert A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Chronic pain; Pain management; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; CANCER PAIN; CELIAC PLEXUS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GANGLION BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 34848894583     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2007.0075     Document Type: Review

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