Xu Y, Jiang W, Xie S, Xue F, Zhu X. The Role of Inhaled Anesthetics in Tumorigenesis and Tumor Immunity.
Cancer Manag Res 2020;
12:1601-1609. [PMID:
32184663 PMCID:
PMC7061426 DOI:
10.2147/cmar.s244280]
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Abstract
Inhaled anesthetics are widely used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia during surgery, including isoflurane, sevoflurane, desflurane, haloflurane, nitrous oxide (N2O), enflurane and xenon. Nowadays, it is controversial whether inhaled anesthetics may influence the tumor progression, which urges us to describe the roles of different inhaled anesthetics in human cancers. In the review, the relationships among the diverse inhaled anesthetics and patient outcomes, immune response and cancer cell biology were discussed. Moreover, the mechanisms of various inhaled anesthetics in the promotion or inhibition of carcinogenesis were also reviewed. In summary, we concluded that several inhaled anesthetics have different immune functions, clinical outcomes and cancer cell biology, which could contribute to opening new avenues for selecting suitable inhaled anesthetics in cancer surgery.
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