Managing Cancer Pain During the Opioid Epidemic-Balancing Caution and Compassion

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Lucas K Vitzthum et al. JAMA Oncol. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 1;6(7):1103-1104.

doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0779.

¹ Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.

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