Perioperative blood transfusion does not affect recurrence-free and overall survivals after curative resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 762 - 11
• Main Authors: Zhou, Pei-Yun, Tang, Zheng, Liu, Wei-Ren, Tian, Meng-Xin, Jin, Lei, Jiang, Xi-Fei, Wang, Han, Tao, Chen-Yang, Ding, Zhen-Bin, Peng, Yuan-Fei, Qiu, Shuang-Jian, Dai, Zhi, Zhou, Jian, Fan, Jia, Shi, Ying-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.11.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Biliary tract cancer; Blood transfusion; Comparative analysis; Disease-free survival; Hepatectomy; Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Liver; Overall survival; Patient outcomes; Perioperative blood transfusion; Surgery; Overall survival; Disease-free survival; Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Hepatectomy; Perioperative blood transfusion

Whether perioperative blood transfusions (PBTs) adversely influence oncological outcomes for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) patients after curative resection remains undetermined. Of the 605 patients who underwent curative liver resection for ICC between 2000 and 2012, 93 received PBT. We con...