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Chemical Neurolysis of the Inferior Hypogastric Plexus for the Treatment of Cancer-Related Pelvic and Perineal Pain

open access: yesPain Research and Management, 2013
BACKGROUND: Various interventions, including the superior hypogastric plexus block and ganglion impar block, are commonly used for the treatment of pelvic or perineal pain caused by cancer.
Sahar Abd-Elbaky Mohamed   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of paediatric procedure-related cancer pain

open access: yes, 1999
Paediatric malignancy is not always painful in its own right; however, young patients with cancer undergo numerous painful procedures for diagnosis, therapy and supportive care, including lumbar puncture, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy.
Liossi, C.
core   +1 more source

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of adding dexmedetomidine as adjuvant with bupivacaine in ultrasound-guided intermediate cervical plexus block for thyroidectomy surgery: randomized controlled study

open access: yesBMC Anesthesiology
Background One important aspect of a successful thyroidectomy recovery is the level of pain postoperatively. This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of an ultrasound-guided intermediate cervical plexus block (CPB) for thyroidectomy with ...
Mamdouh Mahmoud Mostafa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methylene blue for intractable pain from oral mucositis related to cancer treatment: a randomized phase 2 clinical trial

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2022
Background Oral mucositis (OM) in patients receiving cancer therapy is thus far not well managed with standard approaches. We aimed to assess the safety and effectiveness of methylene blue (MB) oral rinse for OM pain in patients receiving cancer therapy.
Carlos J. Roldan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cancer Pain Syndromes

open access: yesJournal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1987
Recognizing and treating the cause of pain in the patient with cancer should be the initial approach to the management of this common symptom. Careful analysis of patients with cancer and pain has led to the elucidation of common pain syndromes unique to this disease process (Table 1).
openaire   +2 more sources

Up-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the dorsal root ganglion of the rat bone cancer pain model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Metastatic bone cancer causes severe pain, but current treatments often provide insufficient pain relief. One of the reasons is that mechanisms underlying bone cancer pain are not solved completely.
Ichikawa, Hiroyuki   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Naturally occurring monoepoxides of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid are bioactive antihyperalgesic lipids[S]

open access: yesJournal of Lipid Research, 2010
Beneficial physiological effects of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are widely accepted but the mechanism(s) by which these fatty acids act remains unclear.
Christophe Morisseau   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can patient-reported measurements of pain be used to improve cancer pain management? A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
PURPOSE: Cancer pain is a distressing and complex experience. It is feasible that the systematic collection and feedback of patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) relating to pain could enhance cancer pain management.
Adam   +47 more
core   +1 more source

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