How Racialized Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Misuse Management Hamper Pharmacoequity for Cancer Pain

K Katie Fitzgerald Jones (Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System Boston, MA) K Kevin T. Liou (Integrative Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY) R Rebecca L. Ashare (Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY) B Brooke Worster (Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA) K Katherine A. Yeager J Jessica Merlin (The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH) S Salimah H. Meghani (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)

Abstract

@JCO_ASCO paper focuses on racialized approaches to OUD and opioid misuse as underappreciated drivers of disparities in cancer and recs a path forward.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 43, Issue 1
Published January 01, 2025
Pages 10-14
ISSN 0732-183X
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Journal Info

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISSN: 0732-183X Health Sciences

Authors (7)

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Katie Fitzgerald Jones

Division of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, New England Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System Boston, MA

K

Kevin T. Liou

Integrative Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

R

Rebecca L. Ashare

Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

B

Brooke Worster

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA

K

Katherine A. Yeager

J

Jessica Merlin

The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH

S

Salimah H. Meghani

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA