Perioperative Allogeneic Blood Transfusion, the Related Cytokine Response and Long-term Survival After Potentially Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer

Blood transfusion and intense surgical stress might synergistically affect the long-term prognosis after curative resection of colorectal cancer. Postoperative exaggerated systemic inductions of IL-6 may indicate the critical situation that could lead to disease recurrence.