Cancer Pain (Hardcover)

1 Introduction.- 2 Epidemiology of Pain in Cancer.- 3 Recent Advances in Cancer Treatment.- 4 Pharmacogenetics of Pain in Cancer.- 5 Mechanisms of Cancer Pain.- 6 Pre-clinical Cancer Pain Models.- 7 Pain Assessment, Recognizing Clinical Patterns and Cancer Pain Syndromes.- 8 Opioids, their Receptors and Pharmacology.- 9 Critical Appraisal of the Breakthrough Pain in Cancer.- 10 Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia.- 11 The Non-pharmacological and Local Pharmacological Methods of Pain Control.- 12 New Drugs in Management of Pain in Cancer.- 13 Neuropathic Component of Pain in Cancer.- 14 Non-cancer-related Pain in Daily Practice.- 15 Rehabilitation of Cancer Patients: a Forgotten Need?.- 16 Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Pain.- 17 Spiritual Care and Pain in Cancer.- 18 Interventional Techniques in Cancer Pain: Critical Appraisal.- 19 Challenges for Pain Management in 21st Century.