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Veterinary Record, 2013
AS the treatment of cancer in our patients improves and becomes more widely accepted, indeed expected, by our clients, we are increasingly obliged to consider the measures that impact on our patients' quality of life, the ‘raison d’etre' of our profession, including the management of pain.
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AS the treatment of cancer in our patients improves and becomes more widely accepted, indeed expected, by our clients, we are increasingly obliged to consider the measures that impact on our patients' quality of life, the ‘raison d’etre' of our profession, including the management of pain.
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Hospital Practice, 2000
More than a third of patients undergoing therapy for cancer and 60% to 90% of those with advanced malignancy report significant pain. Effective analgesic therapy is available, yet large segments of this population--in particular, elderly patients in nursing homes, minorities, and women--receive inadequate palliative therapy.
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More than a third of patients undergoing therapy for cancer and 60% to 90% of those with advanced malignancy report significant pain. Effective analgesic therapy is available, yet large segments of this population--in particular, elderly patients in nursing homes, minorities, and women--receive inadequate palliative therapy.
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Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 1997
Pain occurs in more than 80% of cancer patients before death. Because of the increase in the frequency of cancer deaths worldwide, it is imperative to address cancer pain as a public health problem. Until recently, educational efforts were focused on treatment issues rather than adequate assessment.
E, Bruera, P, Lawlor
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Pain occurs in more than 80% of cancer patients before death. Because of the increase in the frequency of cancer deaths worldwide, it is imperative to address cancer pain as a public health problem. Until recently, educational efforts were focused on treatment issues rather than adequate assessment.
E, Bruera, P, Lawlor
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Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2012
Regular assessment for the presence of pain and response to pain management strategies should be high priority in cancer patients. Pain is a multidimensional experience in cancer patients. Pain management will be most effective when treatments are individualized after exploring the various physical and non-physical components of pain, and the patient ...
Shalini, Dalal, Eduardo, Bruera
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Regular assessment for the presence of pain and response to pain management strategies should be high priority in cancer patients. Pain is a multidimensional experience in cancer patients. Pain management will be most effective when treatments are individualized after exploring the various physical and non-physical components of pain, and the patient ...
Shalini, Dalal, Eduardo, Bruera
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Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1970
Abstract The Cornell Medical Index was used to provide more information regarding the personality disturbance of cancer patients referred to a Pain Clinic. There was no significant correlation between the scores of the Cornell Medical Index and the response to procedures for pain relief of a sample of 54 patients with presistent pain referred from ...
J M, Woodforde, J R, Fielding
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Abstract The Cornell Medical Index was used to provide more information regarding the personality disturbance of cancer patients referred to a Pain Clinic. There was no significant correlation between the scores of the Cornell Medical Index and the response to procedures for pain relief of a sample of 54 patients with presistent pain referred from ...
J M, Woodforde, J R, Fielding
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Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 1997
About three quarters of patients with advanced cancer experience pain. Most of these have multiple pains. Causes of pain fall into four broad categories: the cancer itself, related to the cancer +/‐ debility, related to treatment, concurrent disorder. From a neuropathological perspective, pain is either nociceptive or neuropathic.
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About three quarters of patients with advanced cancer experience pain. Most of these have multiple pains. Causes of pain fall into four broad categories: the cancer itself, related to the cancer +/‐ debility, related to treatment, concurrent disorder. From a neuropathological perspective, pain is either nociceptive or neuropathic.
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Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2014
Breakthrough pain is a distinct pain state that is common in patients with cancer pain and which is associated with significant morbidity in this group of patients. The aim of this article is to highlight important journal articles relating to breakthrough pain that have been published within the last year, including a systematic review of the ...
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Breakthrough pain is a distinct pain state that is common in patients with cancer pain and which is associated with significant morbidity in this group of patients. The aim of this article is to highlight important journal articles relating to breakthrough pain that have been published within the last year, including a systematic review of the ...
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Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2000
Pelvic cancer causes several types of pain, i.e., visceral, neuropathic, and somatic pain. Somatic pain is due to stimulation of nociceptors in the integument and supporting structures, namely, striated muscles, joints, periosteum, bones, and nerve trunks by direct extension through fascial planes and their lymphatic supply.
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Pelvic cancer causes several types of pain, i.e., visceral, neuropathic, and somatic pain. Somatic pain is due to stimulation of nociceptors in the integument and supporting structures, namely, striated muscles, joints, periosteum, bones, and nerve trunks by direct extension through fascial planes and their lymphatic supply.
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Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional, 1993
Today we have the necessary cancer pain-relieving agents. These medications can safely be administered orally and in the patient's home. Sufficient analgesia offers the patient the opportunity for a dignified and comfortable death. The family is relieved from the anger, despair, and sense of helplessness that comes from watching a loved one die in ...
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Today we have the necessary cancer pain-relieving agents. These medications can safely be administered orally and in the patient's home. Sufficient analgesia offers the patient the opportunity for a dignified and comfortable death. The family is relieved from the anger, despair, and sense of helplessness that comes from watching a loved one die in ...
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2023
Abstract Pain is one of the most troubling symptoms for the nearly 17 million cancer patients in the United States. For many patients, traditional medications and treatments are not effective, and they are severely debilitated by their pain, causing needless suffering at the end of life.
Kevin E. Vorenkamp, Alaa Abd-Elsayed
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Abstract Pain is one of the most troubling symptoms for the nearly 17 million cancer patients in the United States. For many patients, traditional medications and treatments are not effective, and they are severely debilitated by their pain, causing needless suffering at the end of life.
Kevin E. Vorenkamp, Alaa Abd-Elsayed
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