Trends, timing, and predictors of alcohol use disorder treatment among US adult cancer survivors
Less than 15% of cancer survivors initiated recommended MAUDs or psychosocial therapy in the year following their new AUD diagnoses, and those who did initiate treatment did so nearly a month after receiving AUD diagnoses. Interventions are warranted to enhance treatment initiation among cancer survivors with AUD to reduce alcohol-related harms.
Authors
- Mary M. Velasquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3612-2005)
- Christopher R. Frei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-4787)
- Corwin Zigler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9611-5894)
- Anton L.V. Avanceña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4903-870X)
- Michael Pignone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-7342)
- Minh Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-7629)
- Jyun‐Heng Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7420-2085)
Institutions
- Austin College (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Center for Child and Family Health (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.70033
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00