Morphine and Metastasis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Parat, Marie-Odile (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Pharmacy.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology.; Oncology.; Pain medicine.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Pain Medicine.

The possibility that morphine and other opioids may modulate tumour growth and metastasis has been researched for many years. The recent past has seen multiple clinical studies attempting to document whether limiting the perioperative use of morphine is beneficial for cancer surgery patients. Furthe...

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• 1 Morphine and metastasis: from bench to bedside
• 2 Interaction of Naloxone and Estrogen Receptor in Breast Cancer
• 3 Morphine and immunosuppression in the context of tumor growth and metastasis
• 4 Opioid Regulation of Vascular Integrity
• 5 Iatrogenic Angiogenesis
• 6 Could opioids affect cancer recurrence or metastases? Current experimental and Translational Evidence
• 7 Genetic polymorphisms in the µ-opioid receptor gene and breast cancer survival
• 8 Anaesthetic and pain management technique in long term cancer outcome - benefits of regional anaesthesia and analgesia in the context of cancer surgery
• 9 Perioperative morphine and cancer recurrence.