[Cancer pain management in children].
Pain is one of the most common and frightening symptoms of children with cancer and their families. If current pain management techniques are utilized, the majority of children can achieve adequate analgesia. It is the rare pediatric patients who develop intractable pain. The World Health Organization (WHO) has established principles of pain management for children with cancer.
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Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Department of Algology, Antalaya, Turkey.
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid