Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 145-151, July 2005

Cancer pain and palliative care in children

  • Alyssa Lebel, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Alyssa Lebel, Children’s Hospital Boston, Pain Management Service, 333 Longwood Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

Children’s Hospital Boston. Pain Management Service, Boston, Massachusetts.

Pediatric cancer-related mortality has fallen in the past 25 years, but terminal symptoms and pain persist. This brief report on cancer pain in children reviews the barriers to adequate care, the presentation of pediatric pain problems, developmental features of pain assessment, and current pain management strategies for this vulnerable population.

Keywords:  Pain , Cancer , Children , Palliative care , Pain assessment , Pharmacotherapy

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PII: S1084-208X(05)00048-0

doi:10.1053/j.trap.2005.06.005

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 145-151, July 2005

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