Chronic Pain Management in Head and Neck Oncology

Michael A Blasco; Joehassin Cordero; Yusuf Dundar

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2020.05.015

Chronic Pain Management in Head and Neck Oncology

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2020 Oct;53(5):865-875. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2020.05.015. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Authors

Michael A Blasco¹, Joehassin Cordero², Yusuf Dundar³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Stop 8315, Lubbock, TX 79430-8315, USA.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Stop 8315, Lubbock, TX 79430-8315, USA. Electronic address: Yusuf.Dundar@ttuhsc.edu.

PMID: 32684285
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2020.05.015

Abstract

Pain is epidemic in patients with head and neck cancer. Providers involved in the care of patients with head and neck cancer should be able to describe the common pain syndromes experienced by these patients, identify patients at risk of pain, and provide multimodal treatment of chronic pain. Treatment of chronic pain encompasses analgesic medications; adjuvant pharmacotherapy, including antidepressants and anticonvulsants; interventional techniques; as well as integrative medicine.

Keywords: Chronic pain; Head and neck cancer; Integrative medicine; Pain; Pain management.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Cancer Pain / therapy*
Chronic Pain / therapy*
Combined Modality Therapy
Head and Neck Neoplasms / physiopathology*
Humans
Integrative Medicine / methods*
Pain Management / methods*
Pain, Postoperative / therapy
Quality of Life

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid