Response to Strassels and Durham

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
³ Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) School of Medicine, UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
⁶ Department of Population Health and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, KS, USA.
⁷ KU Cancer Center, KUMC, Kansas City, KS, USA.

Comment

Devon K Check et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 14;112(12):1280.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa146.

¹ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
³ Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) School of Medicine, UNC-CH Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, USA.
⁶ Department of Population Health and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, KS, USA.
⁷ KU Cancer Center, KUMC, Kansas City, KS, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Among Older Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer.
Check DK, Winn AN, Fergestrom N, Reeder-Hayes KE, Neuner JM, Roberts AW. Check DK, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 Jul 1;112(7):765-768. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djz201. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020. PMID: 31605134 Free PMC article.
RE: Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Among Older Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer.
Strassels SA, Durham DD. Strassels SA, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020 Dec 14;112(12):1279. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa145. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020. PMID: 32956456 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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