Palliative interventions for pain in cancer patients

Alda Tam; Kamran Ahrar

doi:10.1055/s-2007-992330

Palliative interventions for pain in cancer patients

Alda Tam, Kamran Ahrar

Interventional Radiology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

24 Scopus citations

Abstract

Pain is a debilitating problem that is common to most patients with cancer at some time during the course of their disease. Conventional therapies such as opiate analgesics and radiation therapy provide suboptimal and limited relief. Novel image-guided interventions have made a significant impact in the management of this difficult problem. This article reviews some of the most promising image-guided techniques for relieving bone and visceral pain in patients suffering from cancer.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	419-429
Number of pages	11
Journal	Seminars in Interventional Radiology
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-992330
State	Published - Dec 2007

Keywords

Embolization
Nerve block
Osteoplasty
Pain control
Palliation
Radiofrequency ablation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Access to Document

10.1055/s-2007-992330

Cite this

@article{5c89d3e7aece4f2aa5f272ea0d1b0e5b,

title = "Palliative interventions for pain in cancer patients",

abstract = "Pain is a debilitating problem that is common to most patients with cancer at some time during the course of their disease. Conventional therapies such as opiate analgesics and radiation therapy provide suboptimal and limited relief. Novel image-guided interventions have made a significant impact in the management of this difficult problem. This article reviews some of the most promising image-guided techniques for relieving bone and visceral pain in patients suffering from cancer.",

keywords = "Embolization, Nerve block, Osteoplasty, Pain control, Palliation, Radiofrequency ablation",

author = "Alda Tam and Kamran Ahrar",

year = "2007",

month = dec,

doi = "10.1055/s-2007-992330",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "24",

pages = "419--429",

journal = "Seminars in Interventional Radiology",

issn = "0739-9529",

publisher = "Thieme Medical Publishers",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Palliative interventions for pain in cancer patients

AU - Tam, Alda

AU - Ahrar, Kamran

PY - 2007/12

Y1 - 2007/12

N2 - Pain is a debilitating problem that is common to most patients with cancer at some time during the course of their disease. Conventional therapies such as opiate analgesics and radiation therapy provide suboptimal and limited relief. Novel image-guided interventions have made a significant impact in the management of this difficult problem. This article reviews some of the most promising image-guided techniques for relieving bone and visceral pain in patients suffering from cancer.

AB - Pain is a debilitating problem that is common to most patients with cancer at some time during the course of their disease. Conventional therapies such as opiate analgesics and radiation therapy provide suboptimal and limited relief. Novel image-guided interventions have made a significant impact in the management of this difficult problem. This article reviews some of the most promising image-guided techniques for relieving bone and visceral pain in patients suffering from cancer.

KW - Embolization

KW - Nerve block

KW - Osteoplasty

KW - Pain control

KW - Palliation

KW - Radiofrequency ablation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=37149022919&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=37149022919&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-992330

DO - 10.1055/s-2007-992330

M3 - Review article

C2 - 21326594

AN - SCOPUS:37149022919

SN - 0739-9529

VL - 24

SP - 419

EP - 429

JO - Seminars in Interventional Radiology

JF - Seminars in Interventional Radiology

IS - 4

ER -

Palliative interventions for pain in cancer patients

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this