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1 online resource (611 pages). |
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Pain management yearbook ; 2011
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Health and human development |
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Health and human development series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2013). |
| Summary |
In this yearbook for 2011 we start out with a description of research from the University of Toronto in Canada on bone metastases. The next section also from the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is about brain metastases, a frequent manifestation of advanced cancer devastating to the patient as typically patients do not survive more than a year upon diagnosis and the treatment itself often results in significant side effects that impact a patients quality of life. The next section is on neuroplasticity, which reflects the ability of human brain to alter the pattern of ne. |
| Contents |
PAIN MANAGEMENT YEARBOOK 2011; PAIN MANAGEMENT YEARBOOK 2011; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Introduction: Pain management year book 2011; Section one -- bone metastases; Chapter 1 Rapid response radio therapy program and multidisciplinary bone metastases clinic; Abstract; Introduction; Rapid response radiotherapy program (RRRP); An innovative approach; What is an appropriate waiting time for palliative RT?; Review of the program; Referring physician satisfaction; Model for other centers; The bone metastases clinic (BMC); Review of the bone metastases clinic. |
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Prostate bone metastases clinicNeed for future research; Research as an integral part of the programs; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Conventional radiation treatment and bone metastases; Abstract; Introduction; Single fraction versus multiple fraction treatment schedules; Development of international consensus endpoints; Results of first analysis using international consensus endpoints; Most updated systematic review of the literature on SF versus MF; Analysis of mild, moderate and severe pain endpoints; Most useful follow-up for end-point analysis; Meaningful change for patients. |
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Pattern of practiceFuture projects; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Stereotactic body radio therapy for spine tumors; Abstract; Introduction; Methods; Studies evaluating the dosimetric impact of positional errors; Clinical results for spine SBRT efficacy; Discussion related to international literature; Future directions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Management of malignant spinal cord compression; Abstract; Introduction; Malignant spinal cord compression; Malignant extradural spinal cord compression; Treatment options; Quality of life issues in MSCC; Future research; Conclusion. |
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Imaging of spine metastasesVertebroplasty and kyphoplasty; Indications for vertebral augmentation; Future directions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Less invasive surgical approaches for spine metastases; Abstract; Introduction; Treatment goals of the metastatic spine; Traditional surgical approaches to the metastatic spine; Less invasive palliative spinal surgery (lips) vertebrolasty; Kyphoplasty; Posterolateral decompression and open vertebroplasty; Anterior less invasive surgery; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Evaluation of photodynamic therapy as treatment for spinal metastases. |
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Analgesia.
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Pain -- Treatment.
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Pain.
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Analgesia |
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Pain |
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Analgésie.
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Douleur -- Traitement.
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Douleur.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Analgesia
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Pain
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Pain -- Treatment
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| Added Author |
Merrick, Joav, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Merrick, Joav. Pain Management Yearbook 2011. Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©1900 9781628089707 |
| ISBN |
9781628089714 (electronic bk.) |
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1628089717 (electronic bk.) |
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9781628089707 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000062598955 |
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