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Patients undergoing major onco-surgery may require blood and blood products in the perioperative period. The need for its replacement is primarily due to preoperative anemia which is common in cancer patients and due to bleeding and coagulopathy during surgery. Optimal blood and blood product replacement is paramount for an optimal perioperative outcome. The bleeding may be related to tumor biology, site, extent, preoperative cancer therapies (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immune-therapies), the extent of surgical dissection, perioperative metabolic, and homeostasis disturbances.
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Ray, M.D. (2021). Principles of Blood Products Management in Onco-surgeries. In: Ray, M.D. (eds) Multidisciplinary Approach to Surgical Oncology Patients. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7699-7_19
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