Editors:
- Presents a timely update on the modalities currently available for treatment of cancer pain
- Provides concise and organized recommendations for the practicing clinician
- Written by a multidisciplinary group of experts, reflecting the evolution of the field
Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 182)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background and Assessment of Cancer Pain
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Pharmacologic Therapies
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Interventional and Locoregional Therapies
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Total Pain and Rehabilitation
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Departments of Supportive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, USA
Andrew Leitner
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New York, USA
Christine Chang
About the editors
Andrew Leitner, MD, is an assistant clinical professor at City of Hope National Medical Center, in the departments of Supportive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology. He is board certified in anesthesiology and interventional pain management and is involved in local and national organizations to advance the practice and science of pain management for cancer patients. Dr. Leitner received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, followed by a residency and fellowship at UCLA. His research interests are in postoperative pain, methodology in symptom management, and emerging modalities for pain control. His area of clinical focus is the management of acute and chronic cancer pain.
Christine Chang, MD, is a board-certified expert in interventional pain management and psychiatry. She received her medical degree from the University of Colorado and then completed a psychiatry residency at Mount Sinai Hospital and an interventional pain medicine fellowship at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She earned her acupuncturist license from the State University of New York. Her research interests are in the fields of cancer rehabilitation, chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, and integrative and complementary medicine for pain and psychiatric conditions. She currently works as a consultant for the NFL and for Traditions Behavioral Health programs and her clinical focus is on populations with complex trauma based pain and psychiatric disease.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fundamentals of Cancer Pain Management
Editors: Andrew Leitner, Christine Chang
Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81526-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81525-7Published: 21 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81528-8Published: 22 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81526-4Published: 20 September 2021
Series ISSN: 0927-3042
Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 302
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Palliative Medicine