Does blood transfusion increase the chance of recurrence in patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-90

  Churchhouse, Antonia M D ^a   Mathews, Timothy J ^a   McBride, Olivia M B ^a   Dunning, Joel ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Lung neoplasms; Recurrence; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861315582     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr025     Document Type: Article

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