Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management Book

	List of contributors
	Preface
1	Nociception: basic principles	3
2	Cancer pain epidemiology: a systematic review	19
3	Cancer pain: prevalence and undertreatment	38
4	The assessment of cancer pain	51
5	Multidimensional assessment: pain and palliative care	67
6	Cancer pain syndromes	89
7	Pharmacology of analgesia: basic principles	111
8	Pharmacology of opioid analgesia: clinical principles	124
9	Opioid side effects and management	150
10	Nonopioid analgesics	171
11	Adjuvant analgesic drugs	188
12	Anesthesiological procedures	201
13	Psychological interventions	228
14	Rehabilitation medicine interventions	238
15	Neurosurgical techniques in the management of cancer pain	261
16	Palliative radiotherapy	279
17	Palliative systemic antineoplastic therapy	311
18	Cancer pain management in the chemically dependent patient	331
19	Cancer pain in children	343
20	Cancer pain in the elderly	354
21	Cancer pain and depression	375
22	Neuropathic pain	396
23	Breakthrough pain	408
24	Bone Pain	413
25	Pain in medical illness: ethical foundations	431
26	Understanding clinical trials in pain research	444
27	Legal and regulatory aspects of opioid treatment: the United States experience	456
28	Role of family caregivers in cancer pain management	467
	Index	475