Opioid use in patients aged 90 years or older with terminal cancer in a palliative care unit: a single-center retrospective observational study

Support Care Cancer. 2025 Nov 5;33(12):1018. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-10122-7.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: The number older patients with cancer who are terminally ill is expected to increase with global population aging. However, reports on the actual use of opioids for pain relief in patients aged ≥ 90 years with cancer at the end of life are limited.METHODS: To investigate opioid use in older patients with cancer aged ≥ 90 years who died in a palliative care unit. Patients with cancer who died in the palliative care unit between August 2020 to August 2024 and were aged ≥ 90 years were included. We analyzed their data…
Origen: Opioid use in patients aged 90 years or older with terminal cancer in a palliative care unit: a single-center retrospective observational study – PubMed