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Pain management in advanced cancer
K S Ogle1, D Warren, J D Plumb
1Department of Family Practice, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Lansing.
Primary Care
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
This article presents a primary care approach to pain management in patients with advanced cancer. Assessment of "total" pain is reviewed along with interdisciplinary care. Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies are outlined, with emphasis on the correct use of narcotics and adjuvant analgesics.