title: Anaesthetic techniques for unique cancer surgery procedures.
abstract: Recent advances in cancer therapy have seen increased combinations of different treatment modalities as well as novel approaches that affect anaesthetic care. Increasingly, surgery is being combined with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Moreover, minimally invasive procedures are gaining popularity and more targeted therapies are being used. These events have created a demand for new anaesthetic techniques from anaesthesiologists in order to provide safe patient care. This article will discuss anaesthetic considerations for proton therapy, hyperthermic intracavitary chemotherapy, limb perfusion, radiosurgery, robotic surgery and intra-operative radiation therapy and high-dose brachytherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 409, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: rarunkum@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Radha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arunkumar
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rebello
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Owusu-Agyemang
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D061766:Proton Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
keywords: anaesthesia; brachytherapy; hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy; hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy; intra-operative radiotherapy; limb perfusion; proton therapy; radiosurgery; robotic surgery