Correlation of Preoperative Anemia Subtypes with Tumor Characteristics, Systemic Inflammation and Immediate Postoperative Outcomes in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients - A Prospective Observational Study.
Sudharshan MahalingamAmaranathan AnandhiSureshkumar SathasivamKarthikrajan Parasuraman UdayakumarPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal cancer (2023)
Higher prevalence of normocytic anemia is observed among patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Normocytic anemia is significantly associated with systemic inflammation with no significant difference in tumor characters and immediate postoperative outcomes.