… that surgical oncology patients who receive blood transfusions may … transfusions and
either cancer recurrence or postoperative bacterial infection, but a causal relationship for cancer …

… blood transfusions impact short-term cancer surgery outcomes across … transfusions on
operative outcomes after cancer surgery in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical …

… Cancer patients are commonly transfused with blood products immediately before, during
or after major surgery. … Transfusion-related immune modulation is a complication associated …

… reaction, hepatitis, and transmission of HIV, we feel that the indications for transfusion of
patients undergoing cancer surgery, which itself induces a generalized immunodepression due …

… In the present study, we evaluated whether or not patients with cancer admitted for curative
surgery who received RBC transfusions had a worse outcome than non-transfused patients. …

… Studies in patients with cervical cancer showed no important effect of transfusion in patients
who were treated with surgery in relation to the recurrence rate and survival. In one study …

… In summary, a causal relationship between transfusion and cancer recurrence or death
has not been proved by trials in accordance with the doctrines of evidence-based medicine. …

… g/dL) strategy of transfusion had worse prognosis than those who were transfused when
Hb … This study indicates that in patients with cancer who undergo major cancer surgery the …

… The hemoglobin concentration that is associated with an increase in early postoperative
morbidity and mortality in cancer surgery patients appears to be about 8 g/dl. The odds of death …

… RC II Anemia and transfusions in patients undergoing surgery for cancer. … in patients with
cancer receiving transfusions, and the safety profile of RBC transfusion in patients with cancer …