Pain management for urological malignancies.
Three ways to treat pain from malignancy include modifying the source of pain, interrupting transmission of pain, or altering the perception of pain. This review will discuss agents or techniques used for cancer pain relief through interrupting transmission and altering the perception of pain. Agents or techniques discussed include nonnarcotic analgesics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, anesthetic and neurosurgical procedures.
Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco.
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D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000758:Anesthesia; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D059408:Pain Management; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013565:Sympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
D000700:Analgesics; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013565:Sympatholytics