The potential benefits of the use of regional anesthesia in cancer patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2774-2784

  Xuan, Wei ^a,b   Hankin, James ^b   Zhao, Hailin ^b   Yao, Shanglong ^a   Ma, Daqing ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; local anesthetics; metastasis; molecular mechanisms; regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CINCHOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; BIOENERGY; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METABOLIC STRESS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL STRESS; ANIMAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASMS;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84943592836     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29306     Document Type: Review

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