Pediatric Oncology Providers’ Perceptions on Pain Management and Opioid Use for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: A Qualitative Study
There are a number of existing barriers to AYA cancer-related pain management in the oncology setting. Oncology providers are providing primary pain management for their patients, but should consider referral to pain specialists when available. Better characterization of cancer-related pain can ideally be leveraged to identify those patients at highest risk for chronic pain and its consequences in survivorship, opening the possibility of developing tailored prevention and intervention strategies.
Authors
- Melissa Pielech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7885-4637)
- Tyler Garrett Ketterl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-473X)
- Sara Fligelman
- Bonnie M. Vest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3401-7367)
- Bethany Pester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9216-5184)
- Cornelius Botha Groenewald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-0270)
- Tonya M. Palermo
- Andrew H. Rogers
Institutions
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Blood & Cancer
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1545-5017.70131
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00