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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