Open AccessOverall Survival among Cancer Patients Undergoing Opioid Rotation to Methadone Compared to Other Opioids
Author(s) -
Akhila Reddy,
Ulrich S. Schuler,
Maxine de la Cruz,
Sriram Yennurajalingam,
Jimin Wu,
Diane Liu,
Éduardo Bruera
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.986
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-6218
pISSN - 1557-7740
DOI - 10.1089/jpm.2016.0316
Subject(s) - medicine , methadone , opioid , confidence interval , cancer pain , morphine , anesthesia , cancer , receptor
Methadone has been associated with lower overall survival (OS) in patients with chronic pain. There are no data available on the association of methadone with OS in cancer patients.
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