• Int J Palliat Nurs · Mar 2014

    Breakthrough cancer pain: the role of the nurse.

    • Alison Buchanan, Andrew Davies, and Jenske Geerling.
    • Research Sister in Palliative Care.
    • Int J Palliat Nurs. 2014 Mar 1;20(3):126-9.

    AbstractBreakthrough pain is common in patients with cancer and is a significant cause of morbidity in this group of patients. Breakthrough pain is a heterogeneous condition, and so its management needs to be individualised. This paper describes the management of breakthrough pain and, specifically, the recently published guidelines of the European Oncology Nursing Society.

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