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. 2020 Jul 1;6(7):1100-1102.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0799.

Incidence of Opioid-Associated Deaths in Cancer Survivors in the United States, 2006-2016: A Population Study of the Opioid Epidemic

Fumiko Chino  1 , Arif Kamal  2 , Junzo Chino  3
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Incidence of Opioid-Associated Deaths in Cancer Survivors in the United States, 2006-2016: A Population Study of the Opioid Epidemic

Fumiko Chino et al. JAMA Oncol. .

Abstract

This study analyzes the incidence of opioid-associated deaths in cancer survivors vs the general population in the US from 2006 through 2016 using National Center for Health Statistics death certificate data.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr F. Chino reported receiving grants from Varian and the Chanel Endowment for Survivorship Research outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Opioid-Related Deaths per 100 000
Deaths per 100 000 in the general population (blue) and in those with cancer as a contributing cause (orange). The solid lines are the data points, and the dashed lines are the best-fit lines for which the equations are listed and the R2 is calculated.
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