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ArticleIndian journal of palliative care

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 Bhattacharya

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Article in Indian journal of palliative care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Arif AhmedDepartment of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, CK Birla Hospital for Women, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Raghu S ThotaDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Aparna ChatterjeeDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Parmanand JainDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Raghavendra RamanjuluDepartment of Pain and Palliative Care, Cytecare Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Sushma BhatnagarDepartment of Onco-anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Naveen SalinsDepartment of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care, Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Dipasri BhattacharyaDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Homi Bhabha National Institute · INCARE Hospitals · INDR. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital · INManipal Academy of Higher Education · INR. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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cancer pain managementCancer pain management guidelinescancer pain special interest groupceliac plexus neurolysisIndian Association of Palliative CareIndian Society for Study of Paininterventional cancer pain management

Identifiers

PMID32874034
PMCPMC7444568
OpenAlexW3037206548

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