New aspects in the treatment of pain in patients with carcinomas
Aksamija, M.; Rukavina, Z.
Medicinski Arhiv 43(4-6): 253-256
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8083 PMID: 2640283 Document Number: 338474
The object of this paper is to give a review of a) physiologic and psychologic effects of cancer pain; b) the etiology and possible mechanisms of cancer pain; c) the basic principles of its management. This paper also describes some different modes of pharmacological treatments of cancer pain with special reference to the oral and epidural use of morphine.