Cancer Pain (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Changes to This Summary (06/22/2016)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

General Information About Cancer Pain

Added text about the prevalence of chronic nonmalignant pain (cited Caraceni et al. as reference 13, Barbera et al. as reference 14, Childers et al. as reference 15, and Massaccesi et al. as reference 16).

Pharmacologic Therapies for Pain Control

Added text about opioid addiction and deaths from overdoses (cited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as reference 84, Højsted et al. as reference 85, and Koyyalagunta et al. as reference 86).

This summary is written and maintained by the PDQ Supportive and Palliative Care Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of NCI. The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or NIH. More information about summary policies and the role of the PDQ Editorial Boards in maintaining the PDQ summaries can be found on the About This PDQ Summary and PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database pages.

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