Basics of Pain Management
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Guidelines
Given the rapid change in evidence in many areas of hematology/oncology, readers are encouraged to consider any guideline published 5+ years ago to be for historical purposes, only.
ASCO
- 2023: Paice et al. Use of Opioids for Adults With Pain From Cancer or Cancer Treatment: ASCO Guideline PubMed
- 2022: Mao et al. Integrative Medicine for Pain Management in Oncology: Society for Integrative Oncology-ASCO Guideline PubMed
NCCN
- 2019: Swarm et al. Adult Cancer Pain, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. PubMed
- 2010: Swarm et al. Adult cancer pain. PubMed
- 2007: Swarm et al. Adult cancer pain. PubMed
Escalation of pain management
| Figure 1: WHO's Cancer Pain Ladder for Adults (1986) | |
| Figure 2: New Adaptation of the Analgesic Ladder |
References
Figure 1: “WHO's Cancer Pain Ladder for Adults.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, 27 Nov. 2013, www.who.int/cancer/palliative/painladder/en/
Figure 2: Vargas-Schaffer, Grisell. “Is the WHO analgesic ladder still valid? Twenty-four years of experience.” Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien vol. 56,6 (2010): 514-7, e202-5.