Library guides: Cancer pain: Other resources

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Guidelines and standards

WHO Guidelines for the Pharmacological and Radiotherapeutic Management of Cancer Pain in Adults and Adolescents. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2018.
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The 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.
Cancer pain management in adults (Australia) Australian Adult Cancer Pain Management Guideline Working Party is the developer of this guideline.
Guidelines, Tools, & Resources (ASCO) (US) Check the "Guidelines, tools, & resources" section for guidelines by clinical area and information about the development and implementation process of guidelines. This is US based.
COSA guidelines (Australia) 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.
APS Position Papers - Guiding principles for pain management (Australia) 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.

Clinical Guidelines Network - Cancer pain management in adults

Read the Australian Cancer Pain Guidelines which is currently in process of being updated, also referenced and linked below.

Australian Adult Cancer Pain Management Guideline Working Party. Cancer pain management in adults. Sydney: Cancer Council Australia. [Version URL: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australiawiki/index.php?oldid=205302, cited 2019 Sep 24]. Available from: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/Guidelines:Cancer_pain_management.

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Professional resources

Opioids for pain relief in palliative care overview - flowchart (NICE) (UK)

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has a number of interactive flowcharts enriched with content and linked to resources on the NICE website. Explore the link below for more information about opioids for cancer pain management in palliative care.

Opioids for pain relief in palliative care overview flowchart.

Management of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Adult Cancers Guideline - Universal Precautions in Chronic Cancer Pain Management - flowchart (ASCO) (US)

View the flowchart here, and read the current guideline here from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The ASCO website has many more resources and can be accessed here.

Yoong J, Poon P. Principles of cancer pain management: an overview and focus on pharmacological and interventional strategies. Aust J Gen Pract. 2018;47(11):758-762.

Useful links (APS) (Australia) The Australian Pain Society (APS) has some useful links to videos, websites and other professional network sites related to pain, which include links to apps and toolkits with an Australian focus.

Free publications

ESMO 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.