Opioid Prescribing to Patients With Advanced Cancer: Unanswered Questions Reply

Letter Oncology

Opioid Prescribing to Patients With Advanced Cancer: Unanswered Questions

Tarlise N. Townsend et al.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (2022)

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Letter Oncology

The US Cancer Pain Crisis and the Global Pain Divide: Can Two Wrongs Make It Right?

William E. Rosa et al.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (2022)

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Article Oncology

Cancer pain self-management in the context of a national opioid epidemic: Experiences of patients with advanced cancer using opioids

Desiree R. Azizoddin et al.

Summary: The US opioid epidemic has stigmatized opioid use in patients with advanced cancer, leading to negative impacts on pain management and communication with healthcare providers. Patients experienced stigma, fear, and guilt surrounding opioid use, as well as structural barriers to obtaining opioids, which exacerbated the challenges of self-managing chronic pain.

CANCER (2021)

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Article Oncology

US Trends in Opioid Access Among Patients With Poor Prognosis Cancer Near the End-of-Life

Andrea C. Enzinger et al.

Summary: From 2007 to 2017, there was a substantial decline in opioid use among cancer patients near the end of life. However, the proportion of patients with pain-related emergency department visits increased significantly, indicating potential worsening in end-of-life cancer pain management.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (2021)

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