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Cancer pain: current practice and emerging targets

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cancer pain (CP) arises from a complex interplay between the tumour and its microenvironment. Many patients experience a mixed pain phenotype that encompasses nociceptive, neuropathic and neuroinflammatory mechanisms, and vary across tumour type and disease stage. Despite decades of intensive research, the mainstay of cancer pain treatment is still non‐
Yi Ye, Marcin Chwistek, Zhiting Gong, Vanessa Uzonwanne, Xiaojie Shi, Arpad Szallasi   +5 more
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Erector spinae plane block for intractable, nonsurgical abdominal pain: a scoping review [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
Abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting chief complaints in the emergency department. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is an ultrasound-guided nerve block with proven effectiveness in treating visceral and somatic abdominal pain. Despite the
Ashley Meyer, Campbell Belisle Haley, Eisa Razzak, Amanda Dos Santos, Kyle Dornhofer, Edmund Hsu, Soheil Saadat, John Christian Fox, Megan Guy   +8 more
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Deep brain and cortical stimulation for epilepsy [PDF]

, 2014
Background : Despite optimal medical treatment, including epilepsy surgery, many epilepsy patients have uncontrolled seizures. In the last decades, interest has grown in invasive intracranial neurostimulation as a treatment for these patients ...
Anderson, Andrade, Becker, Beyenburg, Boon, Borghs, Boëx, Buren, Chabardes, Chkhenkeli, Cramer, Cramer, Curtin, Deeks, Devinsky, Elbourne, Elisevich, Engel, Fisher, Fisher, Fisher, Forsgren, Franzini, Handforth, Hodaie, Jehi, Katariwala, Kellinghaus, Khan, Kwan, Kwan, Kwan, Lim, Lim, McLachlan, Morrell, Neligan, Parrent, Privitera, Raftopoulos, Raftopoulos, Rijckevorsel, Rijckevorsel, Salanova, Schulze-Bonhage, Schulze-Bonhage, Selwa, Stedman, Tellez-Zenteno, Tellez-Zenteno, Tisi, Tomson, Valentin, Velasco, Velasco, Velasco, Velasco, Velasco, Velasco, Vonck, Wiebe, Wille, Wright, Zou   +63 more
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Application Potential of Organoid Technology for Neural Repair of Post‐Stroke Pain

Organ Medicine, EarlyView.
Miao Lin, Xiaodong Chu, Rong Zeng
wiley   +1 more source

Colonial wars and trade restrictions: Fighting for exclusive trading rights

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a model of colonial wars and trade restrictions, in which two metropolises compete for control over a colony's trade policy. In equilibrium, the metropolis that gains control can improve its terms of trade by restricting its rival's access to colonial trade.
Ivan G. Lopez Cruz, Gustavo Torrens
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal pancreatico-gastrostomy: An effective means of pain control in chronic pancreatitis

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007
Aim: To assess the effectiveness of longitudinal pancreatico-gastrostomy (LPG) in relieving intractable abdominal pain in patients of chronic pancreatitis (CP) with dilated main pancreatic duct (MPD).
Bhattacharjee Prosanta
doaj  

The Tragedy of Painless Needs

Pain Research and Management, 2000
Intractable pain demands the attention of both the patient and the physician. However, modern science and medicine cannot and should not promise the abolition of pain and suffering.
John D Loeser
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Love and the Basis of Dignity

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract It is often said that dignity is the ground of human rights. But what grounds dignity? According to proponents of the metaphysical view, dignity is grounded in our rational capacities, our sense of justice, or a disjunctive list of valuable capacities.
Jordan David Thomas Walters
wiley   +1 more source

Palliative management of refractory dyspnea in COPD [PDF]

, 2006
Auckland, New ...
Currow, David Christopher, Abernethy, Amy Pickar, Uronis, H E   +2 more
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Trigeminal neuralgia treatment outcomes following Gamma Knife radiosurgery with a minimum 3-year follow-up [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Effective short-term outcomes have been well documented for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) with reported success rates of 70–90 % with median follow-up intervals of 19–75 months.
Abdul Rashid, Adedamola Omogbehin, Alexander Tai, Ann Jay, Edward F. Aulisi, Jeff Jacobson, K. William Harter, Margaux Wooster, Nimrah Baig, Pamela Randolph-Jackson, Rosanna Chen, Sana D. Karam   +11 more
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