Tratamiento del dolor oncológico en el anciano

  • Juan A. Cruzado
  • José Félix Sancho
  • Azahara Sancho
  • Loreto Cavallo
  • Ana Fernández
  • Gumersindo Pérez Manga
Keywords: Elderly, Cancer pain, Treatment, Pain assessment, Side effects, Analgesics,

Abstract

The treatment of the cancer pain in the elderly patient presents several special characteristics due to their fragile homeostasis. Nevertheless, it’s essential to know how to realize it in order to avoid the side effects that treatment can cause. It is studied the epidemiology, the effects of the age on the drug outcomes, pain assessment in the elder and their personalized pharmacological treatments, these knowledges are necessary to treat the elderly pain, usually so near to death

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Published
2006-01-01
How to Cite
Cruzado J. A. ., Sancho J. F. ., Sancho A. ., Cavallo L. ., Fernández A. . y Pérez Manga G. . (2006). Tratamiento del dolor oncológico en el anciano. Psicooncología, 3(1), 153-161. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PSIC/article/view/PSIC0606130153A
Issue
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2006)
Section
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