Opioid Therapy in Cancer Pain

Cancer Treat Res. 2021:182:87-95. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-81526-4_6.

Authors

Jakun Ing¹, Samantha Wong², Helen Chan³, Eric Hsu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza #3325, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. jing@mednet.ucla.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Sutter Health, Roseville, CA, USA.

PMID: 34542877
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81526-4_6

Abstract

Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, with up to 9.6 million cancer-related deaths worldwide in 2018 [1].

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MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Cancer Pain* / drug therapy
Cancer Pain* / etiology
Humans
Neoplasms* / complications

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid