# OnCo record coeliac-plexus-block (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/terms/coeliac-plexus-block/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "coeliac-plexus-block" ;
  schema:name "Coeliac plexus block for pancreatic cancer pain"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "celiac plexus block"@en, "coeliac plexus neurolysis"@en, "EUS-guided coeliac plexus neurolysis"@en, "nerve block"@en ;
  schema:description "An injection that deadens the bundle of nerves behind the pancreas, done through the back under X-ray or ultrasound guidance or from inside the stomach during an endoscopic ultrasound; NICE suggests considering it when pancreatic pain is not controlled, opioid side effects are unacceptable or doses keep rising."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/coeliac-plexus-block/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-24"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng85/chapter/Recommendations>, <https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/information-and-support/managing-symptoms-and-side-effects/managing-pancreatic-cancer-pain/>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/pancreatic-cancer/controlling-symptoms-of-pancreatic-cancer>, <https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/pancreatic-cancer/treatment/controlling-symptoms>, <https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2010.32.2750> ;
  onco:tag "gi", "pancreatic" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/pain-management/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/endoscopic-ultrasound-systems/> .