{"doi":"10.1002/jso.26106","title":"Perceptions of opioid use and prescribing habits in oncologic surgery: A survey of the society of surgical oncology membership","abstract":"BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess current perceptions surrounding opioid prescribing in surgical oncology to inform perioperative quality improvement initiatives. METHODS: After the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) approval, a survey was distributed to its membership. Five sample procedures were used to assess provider perceptions and prescribing habits. Data were summarized and compared by self-reported demographics. RESULTS: One hundred and seventy-five participants completed the survey: 149 (85%) faculty, 24 (14%) trainees, and 2 (1%) advanced practice providers. Most participants (76%) practiced in academic programs and 21% practiced in non-US locations. Few differences were identified based on clinical role, academic rank, or practice years. Compared with non-US providers, US providers expected higher pain scores at discharge, recommended greater opioid prescriptions, and estimated more days of opioid use for almost every procedure. More non-US providers believed discharge opioids should not be distributed to patients who are opioid-free in their last 24 inpatient hours (80% vs 50%, P = .001). All providers ranked education as \"very important\" for reducing opioid prescriptions. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with their international counterparts, US surgical oncology providers expected greater opioid needs and recommended higher prescription numbers. Educating providers on multimodal opioid-sparing bundles, accelerated weaning protocols, and standardized discharge prescribing habits could have a positive impact the US opioid epidemic.","journal":"Journal of Surgical Oncology","year":2020,"id":107373,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":6,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.748,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2020-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":495509,"name":"Timothy E. Newhook","orcid":"0000-0001-6663-459X","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":495511,"name":"Thomas A. Aloia","orcid":"0000-0001-8581-4529","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":340623,"name":"Elizabeth G. Grubbs","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":374748,"name":"George J. Chang","orcid":"0000-0002-9758-5361","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":344388,"name":"Matthew H. G. Katz","orcid":"0000-0003-3870-6968","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":332170,"name":"Jean‐Nicolas Vauthey","orcid":"0000-0003-4921-5427","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":90463,"name":"J. E. Lee","orcid":"0000-0001-6010-5590","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":397885,"name":"Ching‐Wei D. Tzeng","orcid":"0000-0001-6035-7288","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":332169,"name":"Heather A. Lillemoe","orcid":"0000-0002-8732-7764","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":33,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-18T23:12:34.898963Z","pmid":"32632993","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}