Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine > Part V. Pain Syndromes > C. Pain in the Terminally Ill >

Chapter 46. Anesthetic Interventions in Cancer Pain

Stuart W. Hough, Leonidas C. Goudas, and Daniel B. Carr

Palliative Surgery

Topics Discussed:

cancer pain; palliative surgery.

Excerpt:

"Even when curative surgery is impossible, certain operations may reduce pain and other symptoms. A few common palliative surgeries are mentioned here...."

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