The Effect of Anesthetic Technique on Survival in Human Cancers: A Meta-Analysis of Retrospective and Prospective Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Wan Kun ^a   Miao, Chang Hong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874252951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056540     Document Type: Article

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