Objective. The increasing incidence of cancer survivorship has shifted treatment of cancer-
related pain from short-term analgesia to long-term chronic pain management. As a result …

Objectives Intrathecal drug delivery systems (IDDS) and spinal cord stimulation (SCS) have
been proposed and assessed for the management of cancer pain; however, such treatments …

Background Morphine stimulates angiogenesis and cancer progression in mice. We
investigated whether morphine influences tumour onset, development, and animal model …

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture in the pain of cancer
patients receiving chemotherapy and to verify if there were alterations in the use of …

Advances in our understanding of the biology of spinal systems in organizing and defining
the content of exteroceptive information upon which higher centers define the state of the …

Background and Objectives Although data exist for the efficacy of intrathecal therapy (ITT),
there are no prospective data on patient-controlled intrathecal analgesia (PCIA) in refractory …

This critical review assessed the advantages of invasive procedures that were recently
included in systematic reviews, to evaluate whether the definition of refractory pain condition …

Background Despite increased attention paid to assessment and management, pain
continues to be a prevalent and undertreated symptom in patients with cancer. Intrathecal …

BACKGROUND: Opioids remain the mainstay of cancer pain management but are
associated with systemic toxicity. In refractory cancer pain, intrathecal therapy (ITT) is …

Objetivo: Avaliar a efetividade da acupuntura auricular na dor de pacientes oncológicos em
tratamento quimioterápico e possíveis alterações no consumo de analgésicos após a …