PURPOSE To provide guidance on the use of opioids to manage pain from cancer or cancer
treatment in adults. METHODS A systematic review of the literature identified systematic …

Purpose Negative beliefs about cancer pain and morphine are detrimental to pain
interpretation. Patients with high resourcefulness often proactively address problems to cope …

Millions of patients with cancer pain are treated with prescription opioids each year.
However, efforts to mitigate the ongoing opioid crisis result in unintended consequences …

PURPOSE Heightened regulations have decreased opioid prescribing across the United
States, yet little is known about trends in opioid access among patients dying of cancer …

PURPOSE To characterize racial and ethnic disparities and trends in opioid access and
urine drug screening (UDS) among patients dying of cancer, and to explore potential …

Prior authorization (PA) is a type of utilization review that health insurers apply to control
service delivery, payments, and reimbursements of health interventions. The original stated …

Background: For many cancer survivors post-cure, chronic pain is a devastating
complication of cancer treatment. The prevalence of chronic pain among cancer survivors is …

Background Opioid safety initiatives may secondarily impact opioid prescribing and pain
outcomes for cancer care. Methods We reviewed electronic health record data at a tertiary …

Background: Despite widespread use of opioid therapy in outpatient palliative medicine,
there is limited evidence supporting its efficacy and safety in the long term. Objectives: We …

Bone pain is one of the most common forms of pain reported by cancer patients with
metastatic disease. We conducted a review of oncology literature to further understand the …