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Cancer Pain in the Urogenital Region

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Cancer pain syndromes in the urogenital region may be related to diagnostic procedures, antineoplastic treatments, or tumors themselves. Evaluation of cancer pain, in general, is multidimensional, involving subjective and objective data, as well as giving attention to psychosocial and spiritual factors. Management of cancer pain requires a multimodal, multidisciplinary approach. Medications are the mainstay of cancer pain treatment, with nerve blocks and radiation being important considerations in a comprehensive pain plan.

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  1. Cooper University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Camden, NJ, USA

    Samuel Hardy MD, Mark Angelo MD, Krista Haas APN, Huda Sayed MD & Vincent J. Vanston MD

  2. Cooper University Hospital, Division of Palliative Care, Camden, NJ, USA

    Samuel Hardy MD, Mark Angelo MD, Krista Haas APN, Huda Sayed MD & Vincent J. Vanston MD

  3. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA

    Mark Angelo MD & Vincent J. Vanston MD

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Hardy, S., Angelo, M., Haas, K., Sayed, H., Vanston, V.J. (2017). Cancer Pain in the Urogenital Region. In: Sabia, M., Sehdev, J., Bentley, W. (eds) Urogenital Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45794-9_10

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