Pattern of opioid prescriptions among patients with breast, lung, and colorectal cancer diagnosed with pre-existing chronic non-cancer pain

• Safalta Khadka ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * sk00056@mix.wvu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4353-5235

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• J Douglas Thornton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Khalid M Kamal,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Gerald Higa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, West Virginia University, School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Kimberly M. Kelly,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Sabina O. Nduaguba

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6383-2603

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