Substance use disorders on the rise for survivors of specific cancers

The prevalence of substance use dysfunction (SUD) appears to be elevated amongst survivors of sure sorts of most cancers, based on a examine printed on-line Jan. 11 in JAMA Oncology.

Katie F. Jones, Ph.D., from VA Boston Healthcare System, and colleagues describe most cancers type-specific prevalence of SUD amongst grownup most cancers survivors in a cross-sectional examine utilizing knowledge from the yearly administered Nationwide Survey on Drug Use and Well being for 2015 by way of 2020. The analyses included 6,101 grownup most cancers survivors.

The researchers discovered that the prevalence of energetic SUD was 3.83 p.c amongst lifetime most cancers survivors. The prevalence of SUD was highest in survivors of head and neck most cancers (together with mouth, tongue, lip, throat, and pharyngeal cancers), esophageal and gastric cancer, cervical cancerand melanoma (9.36, 9.42, 6.24, and 6.20 p.c, respectively).

The commonest SUD was alcohol use disorder total (2.78 p.c) and in survivors of head and neck cancercervical most cancers, and melanoma. Hashish use dysfunction was probably the most prevalent SUD in survivors of esophageal and gastric cancers (9.42 p.c).

The general prevalence of energetic SUD was comparable amongst respondents recognized with most cancers previously 12 months to that within the lifetime most cancers survivor cohort (3.81 p.c). Energetic SUD was increased in head and neck and cervical most cancers survivors (18.73 and 15.70 p.c, respectively).

“Findings of this examine spotlight subpopulations of grownup most cancers survivors who might profit from efforts to combine most cancers and habit care,” the authors write.

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