CONTROL OF PAIN IN ADULTS WITH CANCEr

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REMIT OF THE GUIDELINE

This guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the management of pain in adult patients who have cancer. The guideline includes advice mainly concerning pain secondary to the cancer, but many of the principles outlined are applicable to coexisting painful conditions and pain associated with treatment of the cancer. It excludes the treatment of pain in children under the age of 12.
Guideline No. 106, ISBN 978 1 905813 38 4, November 2008

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