Volume 66, Issue 6, Pages 1139-1147 (December 2014) Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Radical Cystectomy: Does Timing of Transfusion Affect Bladder Cancer Mortality? E. Jason Abel, Brian J. Linder, Tyler M. Bauman, Rebecca M. Bauer, R. Houston Thompson, Prabin Thapa, Octavia N. Devon, Robert F. Tarrell, Igor Frank, David F. Jarrard, Tracy M. Downs, Stephen A. Boorjian European Urology Volume 66, Issue 6, Pages 1139-1147 (December 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.08.051 Copyright © 2014 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 (A) Recurrence-free survival (p=0.01) and (B) cancer-specific survival (p=0.004) among patients with bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy at the University of Wisconsin, stratified by receipt and timing of perioperative blood transfusion. Intraop=intraoperative; postop=postoperative; RC=radical cystectomy. European Urology 2014 66, 1139-1147DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2014.08.051) Copyright © 2014 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 (A) Recurrence-free survival (p<0.001) and (B) cancer-specific survival (p<0.001) among patients with bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy at the Mayo Clinic, stratified by receipt and timing of perioperative blood transfusion. Intraop=intraoperative; postop=postoperative; RC=radical cystectomy. European Urology 2014 66, 1139-1147DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2014.08.051) Copyright © 2014 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions