Blood Transfusions and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer
Open Access
- 13 May 1993
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (19), 1372-1376
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199305133281902
Abstract
Blood transfusions may adversely affect the prognosis of patients treated surgically for cancer, although definite proof of this adverse effect has not been reported.Keywords
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