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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (127 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.99/471
• Soggetto topico: Bones - Cancer - Treatment; Cancer - Palliative treatment; Pain - Treatment
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DaviesAndrew <1963->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cancer-related bone pain
• ISBN: 0-19-173985-5; 0-19-960697-8; 1-283-57965-0; 9786613892102; 0-19-157514-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456894403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford pain management library.