Analgesics for cancer pain / editors, Frank Porecca, Tamara King. - 1 electronic text (103 pages) : color illustrations, digital file. - The Future Science Group eBook collection, 2047-332X . - Future Science Group eBook collection, .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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9781780840741 (eISBN) 9781780840758 (ePub)


Cancer pain--Treatment.
Analgesics--therapeutic use.
Palliative treatment.
Analgesics--therapeutic use.
Neoplasms--Drug therapy.
Pain--drug therapy.
Palliative Care--methods.


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