title: [Pain in tumor patients: assessment and pain drug therapy].
abstract: This review gives an overview over the diagnostic and pharmacological approach to pain in cancer patients. The work-up and the pharmaceutical treatment is detailed and several important points in the use of opiates are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Luzern.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Joss
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bünter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schefer
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004333:Drug Administration Routes; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations