References for the pain section

The information in the pain section is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Controlling cancer pain, which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

• Cancer Pain Relief: With a Guide to Opoid Availability (2nd Edition). World Health Organisation. Geneva. 1996
• Guidance for Managing Cancer Pain in Adults. National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services. June 2003.
• Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. (3rd Edition) Derek Doyle et al. OUP. 2005.
• Control of Pain in Patients with Cancer: a National Clinical Guideline. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), 2000.
• Principles in Pain Control in Adults: Guidance Prepared by a Working Group of the Ethical Issues in Medicine Committe of the Royal College of Physicians. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, 2000: 34: 350-352.
• Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer (3rd Edition). Robert Twycross. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001.
• Palliative Care Formulary (2nd Edition). Robert Twycross et al. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001.
• The Management of Pain in Patients with Cancer. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, 2004.
• Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer - The Manual. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). March 2004.
• British National Formulary (Edition 53). March 2007.

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines| in the health professionals section of the website.