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A retrospective evaluation of preoperative anemia in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive urothelial urinary bladder cancer, with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) can be associated with anemia, which can lead to more perioperative blood transfusions (PBT). Usage of PBT is associated with worse oncological outcomes. We evaluated the prevalence of preoperative anemia (PA) and the effect on hemoglobin leve...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960097/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27512626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2865-2 |