Open AccessPerioperative Glucocorticoids are Associated with Improved Recurrence-Free Survival After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study with Propensity Score-Matching
Author(s) -
Yunxiao Zhang,
Dong-Liang Mu,
Ke-min Jin,
Xueying Li,
DongXin Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
therapeutics and clinical risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1178-203X
pISSN - 1176-6336
DOI - 10.2147/tcrm.s287572
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , perioperative , retrospective cohort study , surgery , confounding , proportional hazards model , cohort , pancreatic cancer , cohort study , confidence interval , cancer
Perioperative anesthetic management may affect long-term outcome after cancer surgery. This study investigated the effect of perioperative glucocorticoids on long-term survival in patients after radical resection for pancreatic cancer.