The prognostic role of perioperative allogeneic blood transfusions in gastric cancer patients undergoing curative resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of non-randomized, adjusted studies
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2018
abstract:
The impact of allogeneic perioperative blood transfusions (APTs) on the prognosis of gastric cancer patients undergoing curative-intent gastrectomy is still a highly debated topic. Two meta-analyses were published in 2015, and new studies report conflicting results.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Blood transfusions; Gastric cancer; Gastrectomy; Confounding; Meta-analysis; Surgery
List of contributors:
Panunzi, Simona
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