References for the secondary bone cancer information centre

The information in the secondary bone cancer information centre is based on the CancerBACUP booklet, Understanding secondary cancer in the bone, which has been produced in accordance with the following
sources and guidelines:

• Guidelines for the management of metastatic bone disease in the United Kingdom. 1999. Breast Speciality Group of the British Association of Surgical Oncology.
• Guidelines on the management of prostate cancer. 1999. Royal College of Radiologists’ Clinical Oncology Information Network.
• Principles of pain control in adults. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, 2000: 34: 350-352.
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network:Control of pain in patients with cancer, 2000: 44.
• Metastatic Bone Disease: A Guide to Good Practice. British Orthopaedic Association and the British Orthopaedic Oncology Society. 1999.
• Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer (3rd edition). Robert Twycross & Andrew Wilcock. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001.
• Cancer and the Skeleton. Robert D Rubens & Gregory R Mundy. Martin Dunitz Ltd, 2000.