Analgesics for cancer pain - Porecca, Frank; King, Tamara; Future Medicine Ltd. (London, England : Future Medicine Ltd, 2012)
Analgesics for cancer pain / Tamara King & Frank Porreca -- Cancer pain assessment and consensus guidelines / Brian Wilhelmi & Paul J. Christo -- Role of step 2 opioid analgesics in mild-to-moderate pain intensity treatment / Wojciech Leppert -- Opioid analgesics for severe cancer pain / Phillip Good & Janet Hardy -- Alternative opioids and administration routes / Mellar P. Davis -- Adjuvant analgesics for cancer pain / Russell K. Portenoy & Ebtesam Ahmed -- Analgesics for breakthrough pain / Sebastiano Mercadante -- Emerging analgesics and future directions : targeting bone remodeling / Flaminia Coluzzi -- Emerging analgesics and future directions : targeting neuroplasticity / Alysia N. Lozano-Ondoua & Todd W. Vanderah -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available in print.
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Title from PDF title page (Future Medicine eBooks Web site, viewed March 4, 2012).
Keywords: Cancer pain -- Treatment; Analgesics -- therapeutic use; Palliative treatment; Analgesics -- therapeutic use; Neoplasms -- Drug therapy; Pain -- drug therapy; Palliative Care -- methods; Electronic books