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The Impact of Prolonged Storage of Red Blood Cells on Cancer Survival

BACKGROUND: The duration of storage of transfused red blood cells (RBC) has been associated with poor clinical outcomes in some studies. We sought to establish whether prolonged storage of transfused RBC in cancer patients influences overall survival (OS) or cancer recurrence. METHODS AND FINDINGS:...

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Autores principales: Kekre, Natasha, Mallick, Ranjeeta, Allan, David, Tinmouth, Alan, Tay, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068820