| pubmed-article:20930611 | pubmed:abstractText | In breast cancer, vascular endothelial growth factor C, transforming growth factor ?, placental growth factor, and fibroblast growth factor (acidic and basic) promote angiogenesis and metastases. We tested the hypothesis that a propofol-paravertebral anesthetic (PPA) technique would attenuate postoperative changes in these angiogenic factors to a greater extent than balanced general anesthesia (GA) and morphine analgesia in women undergoing surgery for primary breast cancer. | lld:pubmed |
