Effect of Perioperative Blood Transfusions and Infectious Complications on Inflammatory Activation and Long-Term Survival Following Gastric Cancer Resection.

Noelia PuértolasJavier Osorio Carlos Jericó Coro Miranda Maite SantamaríaEva ArtigauGonzalo GalofréElisenda Garsot Alexis Luna Aurora Aldeano Carles OlonaJoan MolinasLaura Pulido Marta Gimeno Manuel Pera

Published in: Cancers (2022)

Combination of perioperative blood transfusion and infectious complications following gastric cancer surgery was related to greater NLR increase and poorer DFS. These findings suggest that perioperative blood transfusion and infectious complications may have a synergic effect creating a pro-inflammatory activation that favors tumor recurrence.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
patients undergoing
risk factors
minimally invasive
acute kidney injury
oxidative stress
surgical site infection