[Interventional radiological treatment of tumor pain].

This article presents a classification of patients suffering from tumor pain which can help therapists to decide on the correct form of treatment. Treatment options are discussed using typical case histories and it is shown that patients suffering from severe tumor pain must be treated sequentially, which means that treatment is carried out in multiple steps and each cycle of therapy has to be adapted to the stage of the disease. Local pain treatment is fundamentally based on individual case decisions which should be discussed within an interdisciplinary tumor board and the panel should arrive at a consensus decision. In addition, the radiologist performing the procedure should have many years of experience in interventional oncological radiology. By fulfilling these conditions the interventional radiologist can help the patient in a variety of ways because the available treatment options are effective and do not result in much distress for the patient. PMID: 26066755 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Radiologe - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Radiologe Source Type: research