TY - JOUR
T1 - Adult cancer pain
T2 - Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™
AU - Swarm, Robert
AU - Anghelescu, Doralina L.
AU - Benedetti, Costantino
AU - Boston, Barry
AU - Cleeland, Charles
AU - Coyle, Nessa
AU - DeLeon-Casasola, Oscar A.
AU - Eidelman, Anthony
AU - Eilers, June G.
AU - Ferrell, Betty
AU - Grossman, Stuart A.
AU - Janjan, Nora A.
AU - Levy, Michael H.
AU - Lynch, Maureen
AU - Montana, Gustavo S.
AU - Nesbit, Suzanne
AU - Oakes, Linda
AU - Obbens, Eugenie A.
AU - Paice, Judy
AU - Syrjala, Karen L.
AU - Urba, Susan
AU - Weinstein, Sharon M.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - In most patients, cancer pain can be successfully controlled with appropriate techniques and safe drugs. The overall approach to pain management encompassed in these guidelines is comprehensive. It is based on objective pain assessments, uses both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions, and requires ongoing reevaluation of the patient. The panel advises that cancer pain can be well controlled in most patients if the algorithms presented are systematically applied, carefully monitored, and tailored to the needs of the individual patient.
AB - In most patients, cancer pain can be successfully controlled with appropriate techniques and safe drugs. The overall approach to pain management encompassed in these guidelines is comprehensive. It is based on objective pain assessments, uses both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions, and requires ongoing reevaluation of the patient. The panel advises that cancer pain can be well controlled in most patients if the algorithms presented are systematically applied, carefully monitored, and tailored to the needs of the individual patient.
KW - Cancer
KW - Malignancy
KW - NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines
KW - Pain
KW - Pain assessment
KW - Pain intensity rating
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34848841547&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 17927930
AN - SCOPUS:34848841547
SN - 1540-1405
VL - 5
SP - 726
EP - 751
JO - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
JF - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
IS - 8
ER -