Continuing challenges in the management of cancer pain.

Abstract

Four issues concerning the mechanisms of cancer pain are highlighted in this article. First is the need for a common language-a staging system-for assessing cancer pain. The author discusses the recently proposed Edmonton Staging System for Cancer Pain which classifies patients according to seven prognostic factors. The other issues addressed include: Optimal use of narcotic analgesics and adjuvant drugs; and intractable pain syndromes. All are areas of pain management where we are falling short.

• Authors: E Bruera
• Journal: Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) (Oncology (Williston Park)) Vol. 3 Issue 8 Suppl Pg. 31-4 (Aug 1989) ISSN: 0890-9091 [Print] United States
• PMID: 2484298 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Analgesics, Opioid

Topics

• Analgesics, Opioid (administration & dosage)
• Humans
• Neoplasms (complications)
• Pain (drug therapy, etiology, physiopathology)
• Pain, Intractable (drug therapy, etiology)
• Palliative Care (methods)