Medical treatment including pregabalin and radiation therapy provided remarkable relief for neuropathic pain by brachial plexus invasion in a patient with esophageal cancer

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-280

  Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Okubo, Kenji ^a   Takeshita, Nagayuki ^a   Nishimura, Daisaku ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus invasion; Neuropathic pain; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; LORNOXICAM; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANALGESICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEURALGIA;

EID: 84860534176     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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