Optimising opioid treatment for cancer pain using precision medicine
Monday 17 June, 1.00–2.00pm
Don't miss this afternoon's Monday Lunch Livestream on personalised cancer pain treatment with Dr Aaron K Wong, Palliative Medicine Physician and Medical Oncologist at Peter Mac.
Learn how genes can be predictive biomarkers of opioid response, taking into account opioid dose, pain scores, and adverse effects. It also explores how and when a pharmacogenomic test would be most effective by examining when opioids are prescribed in advanced cancer.