Propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia did not improve survival compared to desflurane anesthesia in breast cancer surgery.

BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and several perioperative factors may account for tumor recurrence and metastasis. The anesthetic agents employed during cancer surgery might play a crucial role in cancer cell survival and patient outcomes. We conducted a retrospective coh...

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Main Authors: Yi-Hsuan Huang, Meei-Shyuan Lee, Yu-Sheng Lou, Hou-Chuan Lai, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Chueng-He Lu, Chih-Shung Wong, Zhi-Fu Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224728