2024
Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system.
Baum L, Soulos P, KC M, Jeffery M, Ruddy K, Lerro C, Lee H, Graham D, Liberatore M, Rivera D, Leapman M, Jairam V, Dinan M, Gross C, Park H. Opioid prescribing trends and pain scores among adult patients with cancer in a large health system. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 11059-11059. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.11059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDocumented painHealth systemOpioid prescribingOpioid prescriptionsOpioid prescribing trendsYale New Haven Health SystemPrescribing trendsMetastatic cancerDocumented pain scoresUS health systemOpioid usePain scoresAdult patientsCalculated predicted probabilitiesFlowsheet dataRetrospective cohort studyRelated harmSolid tumor malignanciesCohort studyCancer painPrescribingContext of cancer treatmentStudy criteriaPainSurgery cohort
2023
Clinician and Cancer Survivor Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain after Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study (Sci216)
Check D, O'Regan A, Jones K, Fish L, Dinan M, Farley S, E. J, Makarushka C, Merlin J, Somers T, Oeffinger K. Clinician and Cancer Survivor Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain after Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study (Sci216). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2023, 65: e648. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.02.266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic painPalliative care cliniciansCancer survivorsCare cliniciansCancer treatmentCancer survivorshipLong-term opioid therapyRoutine survivorship careCurative-intent treatmentActive cancer treatmentChronic pain managementImpact of painCancer survivors' perspectivesOpioid therapySurvivorship carePain managementActive treatmentMultimodal managementPain carePrimary careHigh prevalencePainCliniciansSurvivorsSurvivors' perspectivesManaging Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivorship: Communication Challenges and Opportunities as Described by Cancer Survivors
O’Regan A, Fish L, Makarushka C, Somers T, Jones K, Merlin J, Dinan M, Oeffinger K, Check D. Managing Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivorship: Communication Challenges and Opportunities as Described by Cancer Survivors. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2023, 41: 78-86. PMID: 36927121, DOI: 10.1177/10499091231164634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain management experiencesCurative-intent treatmentChronic painCancer survivorsPain managementProvider-initiated communicationChronic pain managementHead/neckCancer survivors' experiencesDecision-making interventionSurvivorship careColorectal cancerClinical managementCancer survivorshipPainPain experienceStage ISurvivorsConvenience sampleSurvivors' experiencesTreatmentFunctional goalsCareThematic approachProvidersClinician Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain After Curative-Intent Cancer Treatment
Check D, Jones K, Fish L, Dinan M, Dunbar T, Farley S, Ma J, Merlin J, O'Regan A, Oeffinger K. Clinician Perspectives on Managing Chronic Pain After Curative-Intent Cancer Treatment. JCO Oncology Practice 2023, 19: e484-e491. PMID: 36595729, PMCID: PMC10530392, DOI: 10.1200/op.22.00410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic painCancer survivorsClinician experienceLong-term opioid therapyMultimodal pain careCurative-intent treatmentBehavioral health servicesAcademic medical centerOpioid therapyOpioid managementActive treatmentPain careHighlights unmetHigh prevalenceClinician's perspectiveMedical CenterMost cliniciansPainMultidisciplinary teamHealth servicesPsychosocial stressorsPain monitoringCliniciansCancer treatmentSurvivors