Invasive lung cancer surgery may increase risk for long-term opioid use

LUNG CANCER Patients with non-small cell lung cancer who underwent open resection surgery appeared more likely to become long-term opioid users than those who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, according to a retrospective study of Medicare patients. Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, director o...

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Published inHEM/ONC today Vol. 20; no. 2; p. 16
Main Author Homer, Cassie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thorofare SLACK INCORPORATED 25.01.2019
Subjects
Cancer surgery
Comorbidity
Epidemiology
Lung cancer
Narcotics
Pain management
Researchers
Thoracic surgery
New York
United States > US
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Summary:LUNG CANCER Patients with non-small cell lung cancer who underwent open resection surgery appeared more likely to become long-term opioid users than those who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, according to a retrospective study of Medicare patients. Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, director of the Institute for Translational Epidemiology, and professor of population health science and policy and thoracic surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told HemOnc Today. For lung cancer surgery, this is another reason why video-assisted thoracic surgery might be considered as an option instead of open surgery," Taioli said.
ISSN:1526-0488