Guidelines aimed at reducing opioid prescriptions among all U.S. physicians led to a decrease in prescribing patterns among oncologists, according to data presented at the 2023 National Comprehensive Cancer Network conference, held in Orlando, Fla.
The study also demonstrated that oncologists’ gender, age and location affected their opioid prescribing patterns (J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2023;21[3.5]:BPI23-007).