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OCTOBER 27, 2016

New ASCO Guidelines Stress Being Careful With Opioids

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued a new clinical practice guideline on management of chronic pain in adult cancer survivors.

The guideline, “Management of Chronic Pain in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline,” published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (2016;34:3325-3345) and available at www.asco.org/chronic-pain-guideline, recommends a full range of evidence-based strategies for safe and