who Analgesic Ladder for Cancer Pain

A systematic review 1 including 18 retrospective case series with a total of 3 985 subjects was abstracted in DARE. Across the studies, 69% to 100% of patients achieved adequate analgesia. However, there were a number of methodological limitations in the studies.

References

• Jadad AR, Browman GP. The WHO analgesic ladder for cancer pain management. Stepping up the quality of its evaluation. JAMA 1995 Dec 20;274(23):1870-3. [PubMed] [DARE]