Does regional analgesia reduce risk for cancer progression when added to general anesthesia?

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Sitemaster

Based on a retrospective analysis of data from > 1,600 patients treated by radical prostatectomy at the Mayo Clinic, a newly published paper suggests that supplementing general anesthesia with regional (neuraxial) analgesia may lower risk for disease recurrence. … READ MORE …

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Prostate cancer news update, PART A: Tuesday, July 28

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Sitemaster

There’s a lot of news this morning, so we are breaking it up into two sections (Parts A and B) to make it easier to read. … MORE …

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