title: Blood transfusion and survival after laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma.
abstract: Survival of patients with surgically treated malignancy may be adversely affected by blood transfusion. Immune suppression due to transfusion has been implicated but remains unproven. We conducted a study of 240 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx undergoing laryngectomy to assess the effect of per-operative blood transfusion on survival.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ell
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Stell
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D037981:Neck Dissection; D011379:Prognosis; D065227:Transfusion Reaction