Opiates Overdoses and Cancer
From Cancer News Review – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts by Johns Hopkins Medicine
June 8, 2020 · 1 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the risk of opioid overdose in patients with advanced cancer.
Anchor lead: Are people who have advanced cancer at high risk for opioid overdose? Elizabeth Tracey reports People with advanced cancers are often on opioid medications. A new study examines whether they are at higher risk for overdose death as … Opiates Overdoses and Cancer Read More »
People in this episode
Host: Elizabeth Tracey
Topics covered
- opioid overdose
- advanced cancer
- pain management
- risk assessment
- healthcare
Keywords
- opioids
- overdose
- cancer
- pain relief
- study
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