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South African guidelines for the treatment of cancer pain: South African Cancer Pain Guidelines Working Group
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 21, No 1 | a788 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201181.2015.1029409
| © 2015 Copyright Status: Not provided. Contact Holding Institution to verify copyright status. Rights Holder: South African Society of Anaesthesiologists
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 January 2015
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 January 2015
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Gillian Lamacraft, Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, South AfricaSudha Bechan, Clinical Unit Pain and Obstetric Anaesthesia, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa
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The production of these guidelines, written by South African medical practitioners, is a most welcome and important step in the treatment of cancer pain in this country. The overall prevalence of pain in cancer patients is estimated to be 53%, and 64% in patients with advanced and metastatic disease.1 Too often, the only guidelines available to us are those written by practitioners in other countries which may be inappropriate for implementation here owing to the differing availability of drugs or disease profile.
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