Cancer Pain: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management

Fitzgibbon and Loeser 

ISBN: 9781608310890
ISBN 10: 1608310892
Pub Date: 15 Feb 2010
Media Type: Book
Pages: 464
Illustrations: 138

Price: £94 / €106  Buy now

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This book provides, in a single cohesive source, all the information a health care professional needs to diagnose and select appropriate treatments for the patient with pain associated with cancer. Cancer Pain: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management is clinically oriented and comprehensively addresses all the issues surrounding modern cancer pain management. The authors provide detailed information on common but difficult to treat cancer pain scenarios. Coverage includes state-of-the-art information on treatment options and discussions of the impact of radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery on pain management.

This authoritative, comprehensive clinical reference is essential for all clinicians who treat patients with cancer, including medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, pain specialists, anesthesiologists, primary care physicians, internists, and nurses.

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CHAPTER 15: PRIMARY ANTICANCER TREATMENTS