title: Cancer pain management.
abstract: Pain control is vital to the quality of life of patients with cancer. From pain assessment and pharmacologic management to interventional management, special features of cancer pain are outlined in this article. Many evidence-based national and societal guidelines were developed during the past decade on cancer pain management. Proper and adequate management of cancer pain is strongly recommended by all the clinical practice guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA. mchang@heart.med.uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome; D013727:Terminal Care
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal