This book provides, in a single cohesive source, all the information a health care professional needs to diagnose and select appropriate treatments for the patient with pain associated with cancer. Cancer Pain: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management is clinically oriented and comprehensively addresses all the issues surrounding modern cancer pain management. The authors provide detailed information on common but difficult to treat cancer pain scenarios. Coverage includes state-of-the-art information on treatment options and discussions of the impact of radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery on pain management.

This authoritative, comprehensive clinical reference is essential for all clinicians who treat patients with cancer, including medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, pain specialists, anesthesiologists, primary care physicians, internists, and nurses.

Table of Contents:

Section I: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS

1. Introduction to Epidemiology

2. Cancer Pain Assessment and Diagnostic Issues

3. The Perception of Pain

4. The Process of Pain in the Cancer Patient

5. Issues Affecting Well-Being in Cancer Patients

6. Characteristics of Cancer Pain

7. Tumor Processes and Pain

8. Bone Metastases

9. Visceral Pain

10. Neuropathic Pain

11. Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression

12. Systematic Pain Assessment

Section II: MANAGEMENT

13. Overview of Management

14. Comprehensive Care of the Cancer Patient with Pain

15. Primary Anti-Cancer Treatments

16. Symptom-Directed Pain Management: Medication

17. Non-Opioid Analgesics

18. Adjuvant Drugs

19. Opioid Analgesics

20. Medication Misuse and Substance Abuse

21. Symptom-Directed Pain Management Intervention

22. Neuraxial Analgesia

23. Spine and Bone Pain

24. Depression, Anxiety, and Sleep

25. Related Issues

26. Specialized Pain Management

Summary: Pain and Cancer

APPENDICES

A. Pain Disability Index

B. Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy - General (FACT-G)

C. Structured Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain (SOAPP)

D. Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM)

E. Driving Instructions for Patients Taking Opioids

F. Opioid Agreement

G. Consent to Assume Risks for Medical Marijuana

H. Physician Authorization for Medical Marijuana

I. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

J. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

K.1. Template for Initial Outpatient Pain Evaluation

K-2. Template for Outpatient Pain Clinic Follow-up Visits

M. Patient Disability Questionnaire

N. Neuropathic Pain Scale

O. CAGE Questionnaire