Preoperative anemia and perioperative blood transfusion in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the impact of preoperative anemia and perioperative blood transfusion (PBT) on disease free (DFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). METHODS:Retrospective study of 354 patients primarily treated with surgery between 2006 a...

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Main Authors: Philipp Baumeister, Martin Canis, Maximilian Reiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6197687?pdf=render