Cancer Pain

Part I. Mechanisms and Epidemiology: 1. Nociception - basic principles Rie Suzuki and Anthony H. Dickenson; 2. Epidemiology of cancer pain - a systematic review Julie Hearn and Irene Higginson; 3. Cancer pain - prevalence and undertreatment Sean O'Mahoney; Part II. Assessment and Syndromes: 4. The assessment of cancer pain Karen O. Anderson and Charles S. Cleeland; 5. Multidimensional assessment - pain and palliative care Peter G. Lawlor; 6. Cancer pain syndromes Russell K. Portenoy and Maria Conn; Part III. Pharmacological Treatment: 7. Pharmacology of analgesia - basic principles Charles Inturrisi; 8. Pharmacology of opioid analgesia - clinical principles Carla Ripamonti; 9. Opioid side effects and management Catherine Sweeney and Eduardo Bruera; 10. Non-opioid analgesics Burkhard Hinz, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer and Kay Brune; 11. Adjuvant analgesic drugs Russell K. Portenoy and Germaine Rowe; Part IV. Non-Pharmacological Approaches: 12. Anesthesiological procedures Suellen M. Walker and Michael J. Cousins; 13. Psychological interventions Diane Novy; 14 Rehabilitation medicine interventions Teresa Gillis; 15. Neurosurgical techniques in the management of cancer pain Samuel J. Hassenbusch and Lauren Johns; Part V. The Role of Antineoplastic Therapies in Pain Control: 16. Palliative radiotherapy Nora A. Janjan, Marc Delclos, Matthew Ballo and Christopher Crane; 17. Palliative systemic antineoplastic therapy Michael J. Fisch; Part VI. Pain in Special Populations: 18. Cancer pain management in the chemically-dependent patient Steven D. Passik, Kenneth L. Kirsh and Vincent Mullen; 19. Cancer pain in children John J. Collins and Charles B. Berde; 20. Cancer pain in the elderly David I. Wollner; Part VII. Difficult Pain Problems: 21 Cancer pain and depression Marjaneh Rouhani, Jahandar Saifollahi and William Breitbart; 22. Neuropathic pain Christopher J. Watling and Dwight E. Moulin; 23. Breakthrough pain Perry G. Fine; 24. Bone pain Eduardo Bruera and Catherine Sweeney; Part VIII. Special Topics: 25. Pain in medical illness - ethical foundations Pauline Lesage and Russell K. Portenoy; 26. Clinical research John Farrar and Scott D. Halpern; 27. Legal and regulatory aspects of opioid treatment - The United States experience June Dahl; 28. Role of family caregivers in cancer pain management Myra Glajchen.