IV Lidocaine Shows Hint of Breast Cancer Survival Benefit

Intraoperative infusions of lidocaine may confer potential survival benefits in women undergoing breast cancer ...

JUNE 19, 2021

Opportunities to Enhance Recovery for Women’s Surgical Procedures—A Focus on C-Section, Gynecologic, and Breast Procedures

Women are key health care consumers and surgery presents a unique challenge as their work and home obligations ...

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Chronic Pain Common After Breast Cancer Surgery

Chronic post-op pain affects approximately one in every three women who undergo breast cancer surgery.

MAY 8, 2020

Breast Cancer Recurrence Not Linked To Anesthesia Administration Mode

The type of anesthesia used in breast cancer surgery is not related to the rate of breast cancer recurrence, a ...

JUNE 4, 2019

Use of PVB Has No Effect on Cancer Survival

Contrary to some previous studies, the use of paravertebral block is not associated with a reduced rate of cancer ...

JANUARY 4, 2017

Risk Factors Differ for Acute Versus Chronic Pain In Patients After Breast Cancer Surgery

While acute pain immediately after surgery correlated with surgical injury, chronic postmastectomy pain showed no ...

OCTOBER 28, 2016

For Breast Cancer Surgery, To Block or Not To Block?

To block or not to block during breast cancer surgery: That is the question two experts debated at the 2016 ...

OCTOBER 3, 2016

ERAS Pathway Improves Analgesia, Opioid Use and PONV Following Total Mastectomy

With surgery still the primary treatment for breast cancer, strategies to minimize acute postoperative pain have ...

MAY 19, 2016