title: Regional anesthesia-analgesia: relationship to cancer recurrence and infection.
abstract: The basic principles of perioperative immune function with regard to cancer recurrence and infection are reviewed. The role of regional anesthesia-analgesia in preservation of immune function and available published data are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Vaghari
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Omar I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: chwu@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D059035:Perioperative Period; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Cancer; Epidural; Infection; Regional anesthesia