Neurolytic Blocks for Cancer Pain Management
Pain is among the most common symptom in cancer patients. It is estimated that 4 million cancer patients suffer pain globally and for most of these patients pain is not satisfactorily relieved. For over a decade; World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a lead in establishing a consensus for a scie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2002-01-01
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| Series: | The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum |
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| Online Access: | http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/neurolytic-blocks-cancer-pain-management.pdf |
| Summary: | Pain is among the most common symptom in cancer patients. It is estimated that 4 million cancer patients suffer pain globally and for most of these patients pain is not satisfactorily relieved. For over a decade; World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a lead in establishing a consensus for a scientifically valid method of relieving cancer pain that is relatively simple; inexpensive and easy to apply at community level; known as the WHO Three step Analgesic Ladder method. |
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| ISSN: | 0973-0311 |