title: Multidimensional Treatment of Cancer Pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Though numerous treatment options are available to address cancer pain, inadequate management continues to be an ongoing problem worldwide.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A systematic review of the recent scientific literature was conducted with attention to new therapies along with reports of general consensus that were analyzed. Pain research continues to be difficult and though numerous guidelines have been developed, adequate powered studies are not common. Good practice would suggest a comprehensive approach to cancer pain management taking into account the many options available and treating each patient with a personalized therapeutic program. Though there is a very low number of randomized control trials, this probably reflects the difficulty in conducting these studies in heterogeneous cancer pain patient populations in sufficient numbers to yield credible study power.
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Centre, Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore.
authors.forename: Weiyang Christopher
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health Holdings Pte Ltd, 1 Maritime Square, #11-25 Harbour Front Centre, Singapore, 099253, Singapore.
authors.forename: Zhong Xi
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Centre, Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore.
authors.forename: Kian Hian
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Centre, Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore. gregory.meredith@singhealth.com.sg.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Meredith
mesh_terms: D000072716:Cancer Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D059408:Pain Management; D057285:Precision Medicine
keywords: Cancer pain; Cancer pain assessment; Cancer pain survivors; Multidisciplinary pain management; Oncologic pain; Persistent post-surgical pain