Perioperative Blood Transfusion Promotes Worse Outcomes of Bladder Cancer after Radical Cystectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

BACKGROUND:Multiple studies have investigated the effect of perioperative blood transfusion (PBT) for patients with radical cystectomy (RC), but the results have been inconsistent. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between PBT and the clinical outcome...

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Main Authors: You-Lin Wang, Bo Jiang, Fu-Fen Yin, Hao-Qing Shi, Xiao-Dong Xu, Shuai-Shuai Zheng, Shuai Wu, Si-Chuan Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4469696?pdf=render