Early Posttherapy Opioid Prescription, Potential Misuse, and Substance Use Disorder Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors.

Xu Ji Xin Hu Katharine E BrockAnn C MertensJanet R CummingsKaren E Effinger

Published in: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2022)

Statistically significantly higher rates of opioid prescriptions and potential misuse were found among pediatric cancer survivors within 1 year posttherapy as compared with peers without cancer.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
childhood cancer
young adults
pain management
papillary thyroid
human health
squamous cell
climate change