Cancer surgery induces inflammation, immunosuppression and neo-angiogenesis, but is it influenced by analgesics? [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/zk]
Surgery remains a main part of the treatment of most solid tumors. Paradoxically, rapid disease progression may be a consequence of surgery in patients presenting with a dysregulated inflammatory response, and increased angiogenesis consequent to a suppressed antitumoral immune response. Physicians...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2013-04-01
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Online Access: | http://f1000research.com/articles/2-102/v1 |