Surgery is of paramount importance in the management of solid tumors as definitive
resection can be totally curative. Nonetheless, metastatic recurrence after surgery remains a …

Cancer, currently the leading cause of death in the population aged less than 85 years,
poses a significant global disease burden and is anticipated to continue to increase in …

Intraoperative mortality is now so low that its rate is hard to measure. In contrast,
postoperative mortality remains common, with about 2% of United States surgical inpatients …

A wealth of basic science data supports the hypothesis that the surgical stress response
increases the likelihood of cancer dissemination and metastasis during and after cancer …

Many of the most common anesthetics are used in surgical oncology, yet effects on cancer
cells are still not known. Anesthesia technique could differentially affect cancer recurrence in …

Surgery/anesthetic technique-stimulated immunosuppression in the perioperative period
might cause an increase in cancer-related mortality. Whether anesthetic technique can affect …

Surgery is a mainstay treatment for patients with solid tumours. However, despite surgical
resection with a curative intent and numerous advances in the effectiveness of (neo) …

Surgery is an important treatment modality for the majority of solid organ cancers.
Unfortunately, cancer recurrence following surgery of curative intent is common, and …

Objective To review the published literature regarding the effects of anesthesia on cancer
surgery to prevent tumor cell proliferation/migration or induce apoptosis. Background …

IMMUNE PATHOGENESIS The principal line of defense against cancer cell invasion and
metastasis is established via the host's innate and adaptive immune response. The key …