Opioid prescriptions at the point of surgery, bone metastasis, or death among patients with breast cancer in Japanese acute care hospitals: a claims-based, retrospective, longitudinal study

CONCLUSION: We investigated opioid prescription trends around clinical events in breast cancer patients on a large scale in Japan. These results may be useful to control cancer pain among breast cancer patients.PMID:37266722 | DOI:10.1007/s00520-023-07805-4

Source: Cancer Control - June 2, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Manami Yoshida Kosuke Iwasaki Mitsunori Miyashita Toshiaki Saeki Yasuhide Morioka Shinzo Hiroi Eiko Shimizu Source Type: research