Mental Health Comorbidities and Elevated Risk of Opioid Use in Elderly Breast Cancer Survivors Using Adjuvant Endocrine Treatments.

CONCLUSION: The presence of mental health comorbidity in breast cancer survivors significantly increases the risk of opioid use and mortality, which highlights the need for better management of comorbid mental health conditions.
PMID: 31322988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: JOP - July 18, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Desai R, Camacho F, Tan X, LeBaron V, Blackhall L, Balkrishnan R Tags: J Oncol Pract Source Type: research