The Effects of Perioperative Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia on Cancer Recurrence and Survival after Oncology Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 589-598

  Sun, Yanxia ^a,b   Li, Tianzuo ^c   Gan, Tong J ^d  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940641346     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000273     Document Type: Review

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