Anaes SAQs · Chronic & cancer pain
The WHO analgesic ladder and the cancer pain
Final SAQ — the three-step ladder (the non-opioid, the weak opioid, the strong opioid) with the adjuvants; the mixed cancer pain (the bone, the neuropathic, the visceral); the PaSo trial on the paracetamol add-on; the celiac plexus block for the pancreatic cancer; and the end-of-life care.
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Describe the WHO analgesic ladder and its application to the cancer pain management, including the modern evidence and the interventional adjuncts.
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Describe the WHO analgesic ladder and its application to the cancer pain management, including the modern evidence and the interventional adjuncts.
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- [4]Hagen KMR, et al. The PaSo paracetamol with strong opioids trial for cancer pain. BMJ Support Palliat Care, 2026.PMID 42309698
- [2]Blero D, et al. Pain management in pancreatic cancer: time to change our strategy. Curr Opin Oncol, 2026.PMID 42240215
- [42309699]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.