The Impact of Blood Transfusion on Recurrence and Mortality Following Colorectal Cancer Resection: A Propensity Score Analysis of 4,030 Patients

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wu, Hsiang Ling ^a,b   Tai, Ying Hsuan ^a,b,c,d   Lin, Shih Pin ^a,b   Chan, Min Ya ^a,e   Chen, Hsiu Hsi ^f   Chang, Kuang Yi ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85052969265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31662-5     Document Type: Article

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