Why the study?
Does anesthetic management during cancer surgery influence the likelihood of cancer recurrence?
Population
Cancer patients undergoing surgery
Design
Review
Authors
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No practice change warranted yet; leaves open whether anesthetics affect recurrence in prospective trials.
Does anesthetic management during cancer surgery influence the likelihood of cancer recurrence?
Anesthetic management during cancer surgery may play a role in long-term outcomes by influencing the surgical stress response and cancer dissemination.
Gottschalk et al. (2010) studied this question.
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