Rectal enema of bupivacaine in cancer patients with tenesmus pain - case series.

Rectal tenesmus pain in cancer patients most frequently appears in patients with colon cancer, and as a consequence of radiotherapy of the hypogastrium region. Treatment with opioids and adjuvant analgesics is often ineffective. Here, we report on two female patients diagnosed with colon and ovary cancer, respectively, who had very severe tenesmus pain (numerical rating scale 8-10) despite using high doses of opioids, including methadone with corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, antidepressants and ketamine.

The effectivness of strontium 89 in palliative therapy of painful prostate cancer bone metastases.

Background. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectivness of strontium 89 (Metastron) therapy in the group of prostate cancer patients with multiple bone metastases.
Material and methods.

Preliminary results of combined application of radioisotopes and biphosphonates in the management of pain associated with osteoblastic-osteolytic bone metastases of breast cancer.

Background. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectivness of connected therapy using strontium 89 or Sm153 (osteoblastic component) and bisphosphonate therapy (osteolytic component) in the group of breast cancer patients with multiple osteoblastic-osteolytic (mixt) bone metastases.
Material and methods.