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SUBMITTER: Ramirez MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8692375 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramirez Maria F MF Cata Juan P JP
Frontiers in oncology 20211208
Despite advances in cancer treatments, surgery remains one of the most important therapies for solid tumors. Unfortunately, surgery promotes angiogenesis, shedding of cancer cells into the circulation and suppresses anti-tumor immunity. Together this increases the risk of tumor metastasis, accelerated growth of pre-existing micro-metastasis and cancer recurrence. It was theorized that regional anesthesia could influence long-term outcomes after cancer surgery, however new clinical evidence demon ...[more]