The Role of General Anesthetic Drug Selection in Cancer Outcome

Cancer remains to be the leading cause of death globally. Surgery is a mainstay treatment for solid tumors. Thus, it is critical to optimize perioperative care. Anesthesia is a requisite component for surgical tumor resection, and general anesthesia is given in the vast majority of tumor resection cases. Because anesthetics are growingly recognized as immunomodulators, it is critical to optimize anesthetic regimens for cancer surgery if the selection can affect outcomes. Here, we reviewed the role of volatile and intravenous anesthesia used for cancer surgery in cancer recurrence.

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This review highlights the importance of perioperative care for cancer surgery, particularly the role of general anesthesia in tumor resection, and the potential impact of anesthetics on cancer recurrence.