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Human Studies


2020 Aug 28


Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

Risk of persistent opioid use following major surgery in matched samples of patients with and without cancer.

Authors

Falcone M, Luo C, Chen Y, Birtwell D, Cheatle M, Duan R, Gabriel PE, He L, Ko EM, Lenz H-J, Mirkovic N, Mowery DL, Ochroch A AE, Paulson C CE, Schriver E, Schnoll RA, Bekelman JE, Lerman C
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Aug 28.
PMID: 32859580.

Abstract

The opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions, yet risk of persistent opioid use following curative intent surgery for cancer and factors influencing this risk are not well understood.