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2668037

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical studies report reduced recurrence-free survival and increased cancer-related death after surgical treatment for cancer, when peri-operative blood transfusions were given. In this study we collected transfusion data of 212 patients who participated in a prospective study of two different resection techniques for colorectal cancer. One hundred and fifty-eight patients were transfused and 54 were not. The follow-up period for almost all patients was 5 years. The 5-year survival rate was 52% both for the transfused patients and the nontransfused patients. For subgroups of patients with Dukes' B and Dukes' C tumours no statistically significant differences were found. In the group of patients that were transfused the number of transfusions did not affect survival. In this study we could not confirm the deleterious effect of peri-operative blood transfusions on survival.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0748-7983
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
371-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Peri-operative blood transfusions in colorectal cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Controlled Clinical Trial, Multicenter Study