Opioid use patterns in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiation therapy: Single-institution retrospective analysis characterizing patients who did not require opioid therapy.

Benjamin James Rich Leif-Erik D SchumacherZoukaa B SargiMelissa MasforrollDeukwoo KwonWei ZhaoMaria A Rueda-LaraLaura M FreedmanNagy ElsayyadStuart E SamuelsMatthew C AbramowitzMichael A Samuels

Published in: Head & neck (2021)

Socioeconomic and treatment characteristics are associated with opioid abstinence during and following radiation treatment in patients with head and neck cancer.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
chronic pain
pain management
squamous cell carcinoma
smoking cessation
radiation induced
replacement therapy
locally advanced