Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: AIMS: The Cancer Council Australia Cancer Pain Management in Adults Clinical Guideline aimed to inform timely, evidence-based guidance for managing cancer-related pain. METHODS: The ADAPTE approach for guideline updates was adopted. Source guidelines were selected following the AGREE II criteria. The target population was adults with chronic cancer-related pain. The interventions were screening, assessment, and management of cancer-related pain. Target users and settings were all health professionals caring for adults with cancer in any healthcare setting. Outcomes are reduction in cancer-related pain. RESULTS: Recommendations were mostly adopted directly from source guidelines and the recommendation strength reflected those of the source guidelines. Those which were developed de novo were either based on Level 1 evidence or consensus within the context of a documented need in the Australian setting. CONCLUSIONS: The Cancer Council Australia guideline for managing cancer pain in adults contains evidence-based recommendations to guide appropriate evidence-based care.
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.70047
Authors: Melanie R. Lovell, Farwa Rizvi, Tim Luckett, Meera Agar, Jane L. Phillips, Frances M. Boyle, John Stubbs, Tim Hucker, Roopa Gawarikar, Christina Abdel Shaheed, Jessica Lee, Aaron K. Wong, Jennifer Martin, Jennifer Philip
Institutions: The University of Sydney, The University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney, Queensland University of Technology, Australian National University, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Newcastle Australia
Language: English
Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4416253180