A retrospective analysis of the effect of intraoperative opioid dose on cancer recurrence after non-small cell lung cancer resection.

Cancer Med · 2014 · PMC4303157 · PMID 24692226

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a trend toward significanceP = 0.053so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The multivariate analysis by stage indicated that a trend toward significance for opioid consumption as a risk factor in stage I patients ( P = 0.053).

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an important trendno p-value reported

Our data suggest that the influence of opioids on cancer recurrence shows an important trend in the early (stage I) rather than later (stage II and III) stages.

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