Priority 8 from the Living With and Beyond Cancer PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What are the best ways to manage persistent pain caused by cancer or cancer treatments? (JLA PSP Priority 8) | |
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| Overall ranking | 8 |
| JLA question ID | 0073/8 |
| Explanatory note | Not available for this PSP |
| Evidence |
There are ways to manage acute pain but less is known about managing chronic pain. |
| Health Research Classification System category | Cancer |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | How to manage pain effectively, without recourse to opiates which have very unpleasant mental side effects. ~ Could there be a combination drug therapy which relieved the pain that the actual cancer defeating drug causes? ~ The effectiveness of TENS in cancer related pain I see a positive effect in patients with right upper quadrant pain but not particularly found any evidence in palliative care to support this. |
| Submitted by | Individual survey submissions categorised by Healthcare professional, Patient, Relative/Carer, Other, and Unknown. For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website. |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0073 |
| PSP name | Living With and Beyond Cancer |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 54 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 11 June 2018 |