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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456894403321

Titolo

Cancer-related bone pain [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Andrew Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-173985-5

0-19-960697-8

1-283-57965-0

9786613892102

0-19-157514-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Collana

Oxford pain management library

Altri autori (Persone)

DaviesAndrew <1963->

Disciplina

616.99/471

Soggetti

Bones - Cancer - Treatment

Cancer - Palliative treatment

Pain - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Pathophysiology; 3 Clinical features; 4 General principles of management; 5 Radiology; 6 Conventional analgesics for bone pain; 7 Bisphosphonates for bone pain; 8 Radiotherapy; 9 Anaesthetic and interventional techniques; 10 Orthopaedic interventions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Cancer-related bone pain is experienced by patients with primary bone tumours such as myeloma and osteosarcoma, but is more commonly seen in patients with malignant tumours that have metastasised to bone. Bone pain is one of the most common and severe forms of pain associated with breast, prostate and lung cancer, yet little is known about the underlying mechanisms responsible for the pain. Cancer patients identify bone pain as the most disruptive cancer-related event in terms oftheir quality of life and daily functioning, and it is also associated with increased incidence of morbidity, depres