By Sherree Geyer
Originally published by our sister publication, Clinical Oncology News
A study has linked opioid use to a slight increase in pancreatic cancer rates at state and national levels.
The risk factor–adjusted pancreatic cancer rate “increased over time by an average of 0.108 percentage points per year,” according to the investigators (PLoS One 2021;16[1]:e0244285)
Collecting data from the CDC’s U.S. Cancer Statistics and WONDER online databases and a Kaiser