• Why is pain undertreated in elderly cancer patients?

• How to administer analgesics in the older patient with cancer

• Opioids to avoid in the elderly

RESOURCES FOR MANAGING CANCER PAIN IN THE ELDERLY

RESEARCH IN CANCER PAIN AND PALLIATIVE CARE: Challenges in caring for the elderly in pain

• Elderly nursing home residents have pain which must be treated

• Instruments to assess pain reviewed

• Valid scale allows pain assessment of older cancer patients with cognitive problems

• Nurses ignore pain in the elderly

• Older cancer patients receive less analgesics than younger patients

• Older cancer patients have greater risk of undermedication of pain

• Daily cancer pain undertreated in older patients

• Age affects opioid response

• Education of elderly cancer patients and families can improve pain relief

• Education of elderly cancer patients can help manage pain

• Education of elderly patients does not improve pain experience