Inadequate cancer pain relief has been documented extensively across historical records. In
response, in 1986, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed guidelines for cancer …

Objectives Cancer may be associated with many symptoms, but pain is the one most feared
by patients. Pain is experienced by one-third of patients receiving treatment for cancer and …

Abstract One of the World Health Organization's (WHO) top priorities is cancer pain relief.
Simple guidelines for assessing and relieving pain have been developed, published, and …

Pain associated with cancer is of widespread concern. We conducted a systematic review to
evaluate the best available evidence on the efficacy of treatments of cancer-related pain …

"•" OTHING WOULD have a greater impact on" N improving cancer pain treatment than
implementing existing knowledge." 1'This statement frames the effort of the World Health …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for the management of cancer
pain were evaluated in a continuing (palliative) care unit in a specialist cancer hospital …

Most patients with advanced cancer develop diverse symptoms that can limit the efficacy of
pain treatment and undermine their quality of life. The present study surveys symptom …

This paper reports on the experience gained using World Health Organization Guidelines for
cancer pain relief over a 10-year period in an anaesthesiology-based pain service …

Introduction: Cancer pain is one of the most important symptoms of malignant disease,
which has a major impact on the quality of life of cancer patients. Therefore, it needs to be …

PURPOSE: Pain and symptom management is an integral part of the clinical practice of
oncology. A number of guidelines have been developed to assist the clinician in optimizing …