Palliative care 2017

More & better treatment…?

A relatively easy-to-follow generic approach to cancer pain management, the WHO 3-step ladder , has been validated as being useful for most patients with cancer-related pain ( 1985!!!)

But….a subset of patients still remains:

-withholded from this guideline -lack of knowledge -undertreatment ( due to opioid misconceptions ~ opioid myths) -lack of availability of opioids -not leading to the possible effective pain relief