In vivo evidence for voltage-gated sodium channel expression in carcinomas and potentiation of metastasis

MBA Djamgoz, SP Fraser, WJ Brackenbury - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
A wide body of evidence suggests that voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are
expressed de novo in several human carcinomas where channel activity promotes a variety …

Effects of local anesthetics on cancer cells

H Liu, JP Dilger, J Lin - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Local anesthetics are widely used during clinical cancer surgeries. Studies have suggested
that the use and the type of anesthesia affect cancer outcomes. In vivo studies and clinical …

Perioperative intravenous lidocaine and metastatic cancer recurrence-a narrative review

TP Wall, DJ Buggy - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a major global health problem and the second leading cause of death worldwide.
When detected early, surgery provides a potentially curative intervention for many solid …

Local anesthetic lidocaine and cancer: insight into tumor progression and recurrence

C Zhang, C Xie, Y Lu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a leading contributor to deaths worldwide. Surgery is the primary treatment for
resectable cancers. Nonetheless, it also results in inflammatory response, angiogenesis …

How anesthetic, analgesic and other non-surgical techniques during cancer surgery might affect postoperative oncologic outcomes: a summary of current state of …

P Forget, JA Aguirre, I Bencic, A Borgeat, A Cama… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The question of whether anesthetic, analgesic or other perioperative intervention during
cancer resection surgery might influence long-term oncologic outcomes has generated …

Repositioning lidocaine as an anticancer drug: the role beyond anesthesia

D Zhou, L Wang, Q Cui, R Iftikhar, Y Xia… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
While cancer treatment has improved dramatically, it has also encountered many critical
challenges, such as disease recurrence, metastasis, and drug resistance, making new drugs …

Effects of lidocaine and src inhibition on metastasis in a murine model of breast cancer surgery

TP Wall, PD Crowley, A Sherwin, AG Foley, DJ Buggy - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer recurs in 20% of patients following intended curative resection. In vitro data
indicates that amide local anaesthetics, including lidocaine, inhibit cancer cell metastasis by …

Sodium channel-inhibiting drugs and cancer-specific survival: a population-based study of electronic primary care data

C Fairhurst, T Doran, F Martin, I Watt, M Bland… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic drugs inhibit voltage-gated sodium (Na+)
channels (VGSCs), and preclinical studies show that these medications reduce tumour …

Direct cytotoxic and indirect, immune-mediated effects of local anesthetics against cancer

A Wu Chuang, O Kepp, G Kroemer, L Bezu - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Local anesthetics are frequently employed during surgery in order to control peri-and
postoperative pain. Retrospective studies have revealed an unexpected correlation between …

[HTML][HTML] Lidocaine enhances the efficacy of palbociclib in triple-negative breast cancer

BS Han, KH Jung, JE Lee, YC Yoon, S Ko… - American journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The use of anesthetics in the surgical resection of tumors may influence the prognosis of
cancer patients. Lidocaine, a local anesthetic, is known to act as a chemosensitizer and …