Library resource guides: Cancer pain: Other resources

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WHO Guidelines for the Pharmacological and Radiotherapeutic Management of Cancer Pain in Adults and Adolescents by World Health Organization he World Health Organization (WHO) has developed Guidelines for the pharmacologic and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents to provide evidence-based guidance to initiating and managing cancer pain. The aims of these guidelines are to provide guidance to health care providers (i.e. the end-users of these guidelines: physicians, nurses, pharmacists and caregivers) on the adequate relief of pain associated with cancer. They also assist policy-makers, programme managers and public health personnel to create and facilitate appropriately balanced policies on opioids and prescribing regulations for effective and safe cancer pain management. Proper and effective stewardship of opioid analgesics in the cancer treatment setting is essential to ensure the safety of patients and to reduce the risk of diversion of medicine into society.
ISBN: 9789241550390
Publication Date: 2018

Cancer Council: Cancer pain management in adults.
Australian Adult Cancer Pain Management Guideline Working Party is the developer of this guideline.
American Society of Clinical Oncology: Guidelines, Tools, & Resources (US)
Check the "Guidelines, tools, & resources" section for guidelines by clinical area and information about the development and implementation process of guidelines.
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia: COSA guidelines.
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) guidelines, which include the following topics: Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA), Cancer Pharmacists, Neuroendocrine Tumours (NETs), Nutrition, and Regional and Rural.
Australian Pain Society: Position Papers - APS Guiding principles for pain management.
The Australian Pain Society has published and linked to position papers and guidelines from their organisation, and other relevant organisations, which relate to cancer pain and other types of pain management.
American Society of Clinical Oncology: Universal Precautions in Chronic Cancer Pain Management flowchart. (US)
Management of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Adult Cancers Guideline - Universal Precautions in Chronic Cancer Pain Management - flowchart (ASCO) (US)

European Society for Medical Oncology: Education Library.
A collection of resources for clinicians from the European Society for Medical Oncology.
World Health Organization (WHO): Cancer.
Cancer resources from WHO, including information on prevention, screening, treatment and palliative care.

Anaesthesia Tutorial of the Week (ATOTW)
ATOTW is published on a bi-weekly basis and translated into five languages. All our tutorials are peer reviewed and based on most current literature. Readers can also test their knowledge through our online CME quizzes. Visit the following links for all tutorials related to Cancer.
Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Oncological Surgeries (30 Jul 2024)
This tutorial aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology and classification of bone tumours, types of surgeries, preoperative optimisation, selection of an appropriate plan of anaesthesia technique, multimodal analgesia, and rehabilitation.