Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose in Older Adults With Breast, Colorectal, or Prostate Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite high rates of opioid therapy, evidence about the risk of preventable opioid harms among cancer survivors is underdeveloped. Our objective was to estimate the odds of opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose following breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer diagnosis among Medicare beneficiaries.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using 2007-2014 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data for cancer survivors with a first cancer diagnosis of stage 0-III breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer at age 66-89 years between 2008 and 2013. Cancer survivors were matched to up to 2 noncancer controls on age, sex, and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results region. Using Firth logistic regression, we estimated adjusted 1-year odds of OU

SUBMITTER: Roberts AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8023814 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature