cancer
Regional Anesthesia and Cancer Outcomes: Where Are We Now?
For nearly 20 years, clinicians have been intrigued by the potential oncologic benefits of regional anesthesia.
JUNE 25, 2025
SGLT2 Inhibitors Appear Protective Against GI Cancers
Results suggest that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors could reduce the incident risk for gastrointestinal ...
JANUARY 25, 2024
New Textbook Addresses Perioperative Cancer Care
Cancer-related mortality is projected to increase by 60% to 13.1 million deaths worldwide by the year 2030.
MARCH 30, 2023
‘60-Second Abstracts’: Benefits of Intra-op Dexamethasone for Cancer Surgery Patients
A new study has found that intraoperative dexamethasone can have beneficial effects in patients undergoing cancer ...
APRIL 9, 2022
Intra-op Dexamethasone Beneficial for Cancer Surgery Patients
The investigation found that the antiemetic agent was associated with lower 90-day mortality in patients undergoing ...
MARCH 11, 2022
Cancer and COVID-19 Are a Deadly Mix
Two studies explore how patients with cancer are faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
AUGUST 31, 2020
The Etherist Podcast: We Have a Problem
This is first episode of The Etherist. The story starts with the spinal anesthesia shortage in 2018 with the ...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Many Hepatitis Infections Go Undiagnosed in Cancer Patients
An alarmingly high rate of patients with cancer have undiagnosed acute and chronic hepatitis.
APRIL 2, 2019
Patient Attitudes One Challenge in Treating Cancer Pain
Anaheim, Calif.—The fight against cancer pain is challenging on many different levels, according to Julie ...
JUNE 29, 2017
Use of Enhanced Recovery Pathways in Ambulatory Settings Markedly Successful
Although enhanced recovery pathways are beginning to gain a foothold in the inpatient arena, their place in the ...
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Intubating a Cancer Patient With Facial Deformities
The patient had undergone tracheostomy under local anesthesia followed by left partial maxillectomy, left ...
AUGUST 31, 2016
Thalidomide Mechanism Could Improve Cancer Treatment
Researchers found that the mechanism that causes birth defects is the same that gives the drug its anticancer ...
JUNE 24, 2016