Now divided into four parts, the second edition of Cancer Pain delivers broad coverage of the issues that arise in the management of malignancy-related pain, from basic science, through end of life care and associated ethical issues, to therapies, both medical and complementary.Part One reviews basis considerations in cancer pain management, includ

Nigel Sykes Medical Director and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK

Michael I Bennett Professor of Palliative Medicine, International Observatory on End of Life Care, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

Chun-Su Yuan Cyrus Tang Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care,

PART 1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 1 Pathophysiology of somatic, visceral and neuropathic cancer pain - Catherine E Urch and Rie Suzuki 2 Epidemiology of cancer pain - Irene J Higginson, Julie Hearn and Fliss Murtagh 3 Cancer pain syndromes - Robert Twycross and Michael Bennett 4 History and clinical examination of the cancer pain patient: assessment and measurement - Badi El Osta and Eduardo Bruera 5 Psychological evaluation of patient and family - Barbara Monroe 6 The role of the nonprofessional caregiver in cancer pain management - Christine Miaskowski 7 Teamworking in cancer pain management - Vicky Robinson and Rob George 8 Barriers to cancer pain relief: an international perspective on drug availability and service delivery - Fiona Graham and David Clark 9 Ethical issues in cancer pain management - Fiona Randall PART 2 DRUG THERAPIES FOR CANCER PAIN 10 Clinical pharmacology: principles of analgesic drug management - Stephan A. Schug and Kirsten Auret 11 Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics: non-opioids - Victor Pace 12 Clinical pharmacology of opioids: basic pharmacology - Sangeeta R Mehendale and Chun-Su Yuan 13 Clinical pharmacology of opioids: opioid switching and genetic basis for variability in opioid sensitivity - Columba Quigley, Joy Ross and Julia Riley 14 Clinical pharmacology of opioids: adverse effects of opioids - Juan Manuel Na a ez Olarte 15 Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics: drugs for neuropathic pain in cancer - Carina Saxby and Michael Bennett 16 Control of procedure-related pain - Iain Lawrie and Colin Campbell PART 3 NON-DRUG THERAPIES FOR CANCER PAIN 17 Nerve blocks: chemical and physical neurolytic agents - John E Williams 18 Stimulation-induced analgesia - Ma