Problem bólu nowotworowego w praktyce laryngologicznej

In most laryngological cancer patients chronic pain can be successfully treated with pharmacological drugs, using different combinations of analgetic drugs with adjuvant analgetics. However chronic pain, mainly cancer-related pain, what lost its physiological alerting function should be especially sufficient treated to avoid patient degradation of social and professional position, psychical disorders and performance status. The understanding of cancer-related mechanisms and ethiopathogenesis is a cornerstone of successful therapy. The aim of this study is to summarize data of mechanisms of cancer-related pain and methods of treatment of chronic, neoplasmatic “total pain”, using orders of analgetic ladder and coanalgetics. Dynamic characteristic of pain in laryngological patients with malignant neoplasms localized in head and neck region require very exact, individual monitoring and treatment.