The association of prescription opioid use with incident cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare population-based case-control study.
Jeana E HavidichJulie E WeissTracy L OnegaYing H LowMartha E GoodrichMathew A DavisBrian D SitesPublished in: Cancer (2020)
The current results suggest that an association exists between prescription opioids and incident cancer and that cancer site may play an important role. These findings can direct future research on specific patient populations that may benefit or be harmed by prescription opioid exposure.