Anesthesia Options and the Recurrence of Cancer: What We Know so Far?
Recommended Citation
Cata JP, Guerra C, Soto G, and Ramirez MF. Anesthesia options and the recurrence of cancer: What we know so far? Local and Regional Anesthesia 2020; 13:57-72.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2020
Publication Title
Local Reg Anesth
Abstract
Surgery is a critical period in the survival of patients with cancer. While resective surgery of primary tumors has shown to prolong the life of these patients, it can also promote mechanisms associated with metastatic progression. During surgery, patients require general and sometimes local anesthetics that also modulate mechanisms that can favor or reduce metastasis. In this narrative review, we summarized the evidence about the impact of local, regional and general anesthesia on metastatic mechanisms and the survival of patients. The available evidence suggests that cancer recurrence is not significantly impacted by neither regional anesthesia nor volatile or total intravenous anesthesia.
PubMed ID
32765061
Volume
13
First Page
57
Last Page
72
