Association of perioperative transfusion with survival and recurrence after resection of gallbladder cancer: A 10-institution study from the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium.
Alexandra G Lopez-AguiarCecilia G EthunMia R McInnisTimothy M PawlikGeorge PoultsidesThuy TranKamran IdreesChelsea A IsomRyan C FieldsBradley A KrasnickSharon M WeberAhmed SalemRobert C G MartinCharles R ScogginsPerry ShenHarveshp D MogalCarl R SchmidtEliza W BealIoannis HatzarasRivfka ShenoyKenneth CardonaShishir K MaithelPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2018)
Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with decreased OS and RFS after resection for GCC, accounting for other adverse factors. Transfusions should thus be administered with well-defined protocols.