Israeli study--"fresh" red blood cell transfusion at time of surgery may be associatd

[Lani]

w decreased rate of recurrence of cancer compared with use of older blood
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081124...tsaftersurgery

Obviously, needs to be repeated, subtypes of cancer looked at, responsible agent identified.

May change way transfusions are given ie, how old of blood is transfused for different purposes.

I may have mistitled this thread prematurely ie, older blood increases rate of recurrence vs newer blood decreases rate of recurrence!