Pain Management Resources For Cancer Patients And Their Care Givers

NIH Senior Health - Health information from the National Institutes of Health specifically geared towards senior citizens.

MedlinePlus - Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

National Cancer Institute - Comprehensive Cancer Information from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Pain Management

From the Canadian Cancer Society. A page devoted to options for pain management.

American Cancer Society Relieving Cancer Pain I Can Cope Online - An short video presentation and class on cancer pain management and coping strategies.

Pain Management From Breast Cancer.org
Information regarding pain management during treatment.

Pain Management from the National Breast Cancer Center - Evidence based information regarding pain management with links to reporting pain, drug treatments, medical treatments,and non-medical treatment options such as acupuncture, massage and relaxation.

BreastCancer.org - An article regarding managing pain from breastcancer.org, a non-profit organization concerned with providing quality information to breast cancer patients and their families. The article contains useful links to medication side-effects, how to keep a pain journal to discuss with the patient’s doctor, side effects of medications, alternative treatments for pain, and psychological effects of pain.

American College of Physicians, Colorectal Cancer - An article that describes how adjuvant radiation therapy can help with pain associated with metastasis of colorectal cancer to other areas of the body.

The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center - How is pain managed? Pain in Pancreatic Cancer Can Be Controlled - A patient education resource from Johns Hopkins University regarding pain management options for those afflicted with pancreatic cancer.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Pain Management Basics - A resource from the University of Texas with links to medication to manage cancer pain and non-drug treatments.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center- Helpful links from the “first cancer center in the United States to have an interdisciplinary service devoted specifically to treating pain in cancer patients.” (from the Sloan-Kettering Website)

The Breast Cancer Network of Western New York - “Education, advocacy, support and networking in the community for people involved with breast cancer.”

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Support Groups - A list of support groups in the Western New York Area for cancer patients and care givers, along with contact and meeting information.

Support Groups from the Lung Cancer Alliance - An informative list of support groups for lung cancer patients and their caregivers.

Care pages - Free Webpages that allow family and friends to stay connected during illness or injury.

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non-opiates
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American College of Physicians, Chronic Pain Management: An Appropriate Use of Opioid Analgesics - A downloadable pamphlet in pdf format focusing on the administration and use of opiods for the treatment of pain associated with cancer.

Non-Opioid Therapies - Pain Topics - This site contains articles and guidelines for the effective treatment of pain including non-opioid options. “The mission of Pain Treatment Topics is to provide access to news, information, research, and education relating to the causes and effective management of pain.” (from Pain Topics Website)

National Center For Complementary And Alternative Health - This site from the National Institutes of Health provides a general overview of this topic. It also discusses the uses and of this type of therapy in relation to cancer and includes a list of questions for patients when discussing these treatments with their health care provider.

Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Cancer Treatment - A fact sheet from the National Cancer Institute in question and answer format that addresses some of the most common questions regarding CAM treatments.

Thinking About CAM- This site from the National Cancer Institute discusses how to choose a CAM therapy, how to choose a CAM practitioner, what you need to know about the safety of some treatments and how to get information from trusted sources.

This section covers such therapies as meditation, biofeedback, imagery, yoga, and hypnosis.

Yoga For Cancer Patients and Survivors - An Article from Cancer Control Journal: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center - available free online.

Bower, J. E., A. Woolery, B. Ste rnlieb, and D. Garet Yoga for cancer patients and

survivors. Cancer Control, Jul 2005, 12(3):165-171. Author email: jbower@ucla.edu.

What is Biofeedback?Biofeedback: A Complementary Therapy for Treating Chronic Pain, Insomnia - An article from the American Cancer Society that discusses treating chronic pain with biofeedback and also includes a section on treating cancer pain in a similar way.

Meditation a Hit for Pain Management - A link to an NPR article by Allison Aubrey discussing meditation for pain relief.

American Cancer Society: Meditation - An article from the American Cancer Society regarding the explanation and use of meditation to alleviate cancer pain.

American Cancer Society: Hypnosis - An article from the American Cancer Society explaining hypnosis and how it can be effective for relief of cancer pain.

American Cancer Society: Imagery - An article from the American Cancer Society defining imagery and how it can be an effective treatment for some patients suffering from cancer pain.

This section covers vitamins, herbs, foods and special diets.

This section covers massage, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Chiropractic medicine and reflexology.

This section covers such therapies as Tai Chi, Reiki, and therapeutic touch.

Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breas t cancer: 10. The management of chronic pain in patients with breast cancer (2001 update) Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)

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Nioga - catalog

This page was created by Deborah Chiarella, MLS and Linda Hasman, MSLS. It is dedicated to the memory of Jeff Wilcox, loving husband and father and dedicated friend. Jeff valiantly battled cancer for three long years, he may be gone, but his spirit lives on.