2025
Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system
Baum L, Soulos P, Kc M, Jeffery M, Ruddy K, Lerro C, Lee H, Graham D, Rivera D, Liberatore M, Leapman M, Jairam V, Dinan M, Gross C, Park H. Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system. Cancer 2025, 131: e70027. PMID: 40977160, PMCID: PMC12451255, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.70027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid prescribingMetastatic cancerNo painHealth systemPain scoresWidespread policy changeOpioid-naive adultsNewly diagnosed cancerOpioid-related harmsOpioid prescribing trendsPain managementOpioid prescriptionsRetrospective studyAdult patientsClinical strataPrescribingPrescribing trendsSurgical patientsLogistic regressionOpioidPainPatientsCancerStewardship policiesPolicy changes
2023
Clinician Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain After Curative-Intent Cancer Treatment
Check D, Jones K, Fish L, Dinan M, Dunbar T, Farley S, Ma J, Merlin J, O'Regan A, Oeffinger K. Clinician Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain After Curative-Intent Cancer Treatment. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: e484-e491. PMID: 36595729, PMCID: PMC10530392, DOI: 10.1200/op.22.00410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic painCancer survivorsClinician experienceLong-term opioid therapyMultimodal pain careCurative-intent treatmentBehavioral health servicesAcademic medical centerOpioid therapyOpioid managementActive treatmentPain careHighlights unmetHigh prevalenceClinician's perspectiveMedical CenterMost cliniciansPainMultidisciplinary teamHealth servicesPsychosocial stressorsPain monitoringCliniciansCancer treatmentSurvivors
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