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Relationship between pain and nonopioid substance use in two national samples of cancer survivors.
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Powers JM, LaRowe LR, Rubenstein D, Paice JA, Hitsman B, Rini CMAbstract
Pain and nonopioid substance use (tobacco, cannabis, alcohol) frequently co-occur, but have been understudied among cancer survivors. Even less work has examined whether pain and nonopioid substance use is related to other cancer treatment-related side effects, mental health, and health-related quality of life.