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Contents

 

Introduction

Assessment

Treatment

Side Effects

Glossary

Help


Decision Trees

Assessment

Initial Treatment

Subsequent Treatment

 

 

   
 

Authors and NCCN Panel Members

American Cancer Society

The Cancer Pain Treatment Guidelines for Patients were developed by a diverse group of experts and were based on the NCCN clinical practice guidelines. These patient guidelines were translated, reviewed, and published with help from the following individuals:
 

Terri Ades, MS, APRN-BC, AOCN
American Cancer Society

Joan McClure, MS
National Comprehensive
Cancer Network

Sunil J. Panchal, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida

Shannan Rafine
National Comprehensive
Cancer Network

Susan Shinagawa
Patient Representative

Patricia Yeargin, MN, MPH
American Cancer Society

 

The original NCCN Cancer Pain Treatment Guidelines were developed by the following NCCN Panel Members:
 

Sunil J. Panchal, MD / Chair
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
and Research Institute at the University of South Florida

Costantino Benedetti, MD
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University

Barry Boston, MD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

Charles Cleeland, PhD
The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Nessa Coyle, PhD, NP
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center

Oscar deLeon-Casasola, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

June G. Eilers, RN, PhD
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center

Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN
City of Hope National
Medical Center

Stuart A. Grossman, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Nora A. Janjan, MD
The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Michael H. Levy, MD, PhD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Maureen Lynch, RN, NP
Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare

Gustavo S. Montana, MD
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Suzanne Nesbit, PharmD, BC PS
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Linda Oakes, RN
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

Eugenie A. Obbens, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center

Judy Paice, PhD, RN
Robert H. Lurie
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Steven S. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Karen L. Syrjala, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Susan Urba, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sharon M. Weinstein, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute
at the University of Utah

 

For more information on these treatment guidelines, or on cancer in general, call the NCCN at 1-888-909-NCCN or the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345. Or you can visit these organizations’ web sites at www.cancer.org (ACS) and www.nccn.org (NCCN).

 

© 2005 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). All rights reserved. The information herein may not be reproduced in any form for commercial purposes or downloaded and stored in any information-retrieval system without the express written permission of the NCCN and the ACS. Single copies of each page may be printed out for personal, noncommercial use only.

 

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