Experts stress importance of monitoring for post-treatment opioid use in young sarcoma patients

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Experts stress importance of monitoring for post-treatment opioid use in young sarcoma patients

New analysis finds more than half of U.S. adolescents and young adults with sarcoma, a type of cancer in the bones or soft tissues, are often prescribed opioids to treat their pain. Nearly one-quarter of these patients continue to use opioids after treatment is completed according to findings published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

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