Neither duration of anesthesia nor increased cumulative time with profound sevoflurane anesthesia was associated with increased risk for new malignant disease within five years after surgery in previously cancer-free patients, according to a study published in the Oct. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia and reported by a Newswise.
Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on anesthesia’s effect on cancer risk.
