Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Not only burdened by the limited overall survival, lung cancer patient also suffer from various symptoms, such as pain, that implicated in the quality of life. Cancer pain is a complicated and transiently dynamic symptom that results from multiple mechanisms. This review will describe the pathophysiology of cancer pain and general approach in managing a patient with lung cancer pain. The use of opioids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and adjuvant analgesia, as part of the pharmacology therapy along with interventional strategy, will also be discussed.

Details

Title
Pain management in lung cancer
Author
Nurwidya, Fariz 1 ; Syahruddin, Elisna 2 ; Yunus, Faisal 2 

 Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Universitas Indonesia Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta, Indonesia. [email protected] 
 University of Indonesia 
First page
331
End page
336
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
08677077
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2464193693
Copyright
© 2016. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.