Proposed mechanisms for association between opioid usage and cancer recurrence after surgery.
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, 55 Fruit Street, GRB 444, Boston, MA 02114. Electronic address: dpmaher@mgh.harvard.edu.
Dermot P
DP
Maher
Department of Anesthesiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA; Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, University of Bologna, IT; The White Mountain Institute, The Sea Ranch, CA. Electronic address: paul.white@cshs.org.
Paul F
PF
White
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid