Depression, Anxiety Linked to Opioid Use in Women with Breast Cancer (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Depression, Anxiety Linked to Opioid Use in Women with Breast Cancer

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Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, found a troubling link between depression and anxiety and opioid use in women battling breast cancer.

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