Timing of blood transfusion and oncologic outcomes in patients treated with radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the impact of timing of blood transfusion in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) treated with radical nephroureterectomy (RNU).

Methods

Outcomes of consecutive patients with UTUC treated with RNU were analyzed. Clinicopathologic factors were compared using Fisher's exact test or the Wilcoxon rank-sum test between patients who received any transfusion and no transfusion, and between patients receiving intraoperative transfusion only and patients receiving no transfusion. Cancer-specific and overall survival were estimated and multivariable analyses were performed to assess the impact of timing of transfusion on clinical outcomes.

Results

Among 402 patients included in this study, 71 (17.6%) patients received a transfusion at any po

SUBMITTER: Bagrodia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7571417 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature