TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 55. Cancer Pain and Palliative Care in Children
A1  - Greco, Christine D.
A1  - Berde, Charles B.
A2  - Warfield, Carol A.
A2  - Bajwa, Zahid H.
Y1  - 2004
N1  - 
T2  - Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e
AB  - The  prognosis  of  cancer  in  children  has  improved  dramatically  over  the  past  40  years.  Unlike  many  adult  cancers,  pediatric  malignancies  are  often  responsive  to  initial  aggressive  induction  chemotherapy.  The  most  common  childhood  cancer,  acute  lymphoblastic  leukemia  (ALL),  was  an  almost  uniformly  fatal  disease  in  the  early  1950s.  Long-term  survival  rates  in  children  with  ALL  now  exceed  70%.  Children  with  cancer,  however,  frequently  experience  a  variety  of  acute  and  chronic  pains,  which  can  be  a  result  of  cancer  treatment  or  of  the  tumor  itself.1  The  treatment  of  cancer  pain  in  children  should  involve  a  multidimensional  approach  that  relies  not  only  on  medications  for  pain  and  symptom  management,  but  also  on  cognitive-behavioral  interventions  and  other  nonpharmacologic  therapies.  This  approach  provides  optimal  pain  control  and  addresses  patients’  complex  emotional  needs  related  to  grief  and  sense  of  loss.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3418694
ER  -