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ASO Author Reflections: Most Patients Do Not Need Discharge Opioid Prescriptions After Lumpectomy or Excisional Biopsy Procedures

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  1. Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Tracy-Ann Moo MD

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Josie Robertson Surgery Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Rebecca Twersky MD, MPH

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article, “Routine Opioid Prescriptions Are Not Necessary After Breast Excisional Biopsy or Lumpectomy Procedures” Ann Surg Oncol 2020. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08651-y.

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Moo, TA., Twersky, R. ASO Author Reflections: Most Patients Do Not Need Discharge Opioid Prescriptions After Lumpectomy or Excisional Biopsy Procedures. Ann Surg Oncol 27 (Suppl 3), 767–768 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08674-5

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