Indian society for study of pain, cancer pain special interest group guidelines on interventional management for cancer pain

Arif Ahmed, Raghu S Thota, Aparna Chatterjee, Parmanand Jain, Raghavendra Ramanjulu, Sushma Bhatnagar, Naveen Salins, Dipasri BhattacharyaIndian Journal of Palliative Care 2020 26(2):203-209 The Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP), Cancer Pain Special Interest Group guidelines on interventional management for cancer pain in adults provide a structured, stepwise approach which will help to improve the management of cancer pain and to provide the patients with minimally acceptable quality of life. The guidelines have been developed based on the available literature and evidence, to suit the needs, patient population, and situations in India. A questionnaire based on the key elements of each sub draft addressing certain inconclusive areas where evidence was lacking was made available on the ISSP website and circulated by e-mail to all the ISSP and Indian Association of Palliative Care members. We recommend using interventional management when conventional therapy fails to offer adequate benefits or causes undesirable side effects. Vertebroplasty should be offered to patients with uncontrolled bone pain when expertise is available.
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research