Ayat Abdelfattah Hassan Mohammad

Pharmacotherapy for refractory cancer pain / العلاج الدوائى لألام السرطان المستعصيه Ayat Abdelfattah Hassan Mohammad ; Supervised Magdi Ramzi Iskander , Salwa Hefnawy , Gomaa Zohry Hussien - Cairo : Ayat Abdelfattah Hassan Mohammad , 2010 - 130 P. ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia

The most effective and most appropriate treatment for moderate to severe cancer-induced pain, and they remain the best front-line treatment for cancer pain patients. However, care must be taken to closely monitor patients for potential adverse effects of opioids. Pain is the first symptom of cancer in 20-50% of all cancer patients, and 75-90% of advanced or terminal cancer patients suffer from chronic pain syndrome related to chemotherapy, failed treatment, and/or tumor progression¹ ²



Pain Pharmacotherapy Refractory