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New persistent opioid use among adolescents and young adults with sarcoma

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Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with sarcoma experience both acute and chronic pain related to their disease and treatment. Studies in older adults have reported a high risk of persistent… Click to show full abstract

Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with sarcoma experience both acute and chronic pain related to their disease and treatment. Studies in older adults have reported a high risk of persistent opioid use after cancer therapy among previously opioid‐naive patients; however, few studies have evaluated posttreatment opioid use among AYAs. This article describes patterns of new persistent opioid use among AYAs in the year after treatment for sarcoma.

Keywords: adolescents young; use among; opioid use; persistent opioid; use

Journal Title: Cancer
Year Published: 2022

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