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

• The Systematic Management of Metastatic Bone Disease. Guidelines on Treatment, British Association of Urological Surgeons. 2005.
• Percutaneous cementoplasty for palliative treatment of bony malignancies. (NICE) 2006.
• Improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer. (NICE) 2004.
• Principles of pain control in adults. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, 2000: 34: 350-352.
• Control of pain in patients with cancer. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. 2000: 44.
• Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer. Robert Twycross & Andrew Wilcock. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001.
• Cancer and the Skeleton. Robert D Rubens et al. Martin Dunitz Ltd, 2000.

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section.