This special series on “Pain Management Options for Incurable Cancer” is edited by Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed from University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH, FASA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Dr. Abd-Elsayed serves as the Medical Director of UW Health Pain Services, Medical Director UW Pain Clinic and Division Chief, Chronic Pain Management and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He published more than 200 peer reviewed manuscripts, edited 28 books and serves as an editor on several journals.

Series outline:

1. Introduction to the special series
2. Opioids for cancer pain
3. Medication management for cancer pain
4. Medical marijuana for cancer pain
5. Role of spinal cord stimulation
6. Role of intrathecal drug delivery
7. Kyphoplasty
8. Tumor ablation procedures
9. Cordotomy
10. Palliative surgeries
11. Role of interventional pain

Disclosure:
The series “Pain Management Options for Incurable Cancer” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Alaa Abd-Elsayed is serving as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.