title: Interventional Treatments of Cancer Pain.
abstract: Pain is a significant burden for patients with cancer and is particularly prevalent among those with advanced cancer. Appropriate interventional cancer pain therapies complement conventional pain management by reducing the need for systemic opioid therapy and its associated toxicity; however, these therapies are often underutilized. This article reviews techniques, indications, complications, and outcomes of the most common interventional approaches for the management of cancer-related pain. These approaches include intrathecal drug delivery, vertebral augmentation, neurolysis of the celiac, superior hypogastric and ganglion impar plexus', image-guided tumor ablation, and other less commonly performed but potentially beneficial interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East Room C3444, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. Electronic address: Jill.Sindt@hsc.utah.edu.
authors.forename: Jill E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sindt
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East Room C3444, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Shane E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Brogan
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000072716:Cancer Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D058498:Kyphoplasty; D009407:Nerve Block; D054854:Vertebroplasty
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid
keywords: Cancer pain; Celiac plexus; Ganglion impar; Intrathecal drug delivery; Kyphoplasty; Neurolysis; Superior hypogastric plexus; Vertebroplasty