Publication Date:
2008-11-16
Description:
Background: Patients may be unwilling to accept blood products for religious reasons – Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW). Because of its minority, as well as JW patients, physicians have a lot of difficulty and anxiety to treatment. Furthermore, sometimes cancer patients are needed transfusion during operation or chemotherapy. So, we analyze the clinical outcomes of JW cancer patients who had treated for identifying the risk of treatment and transfusion need. Methods: We analyzed 77 cases of histological confirmed cancer patients (JW) from Jan. 2001 to Apr. 2008. Results: Male to female ratio was 1:1.48. Median age of patients was 59 years (range, 8 –83 years). The most common primary site was stomach (20.8%) followed by breast (14.3%), colorectal (11.7%), liver (7.8%), lung (6.5%), and hematologic malignancy (5.2%). At diagnosis, 53 patients (68.8%) were operable early cancer patients. Operation was done in 47 patients (89%). three patients refused operation itself. Change of CBC profile after operation was observed in hemoglobin (Mean ± SD; 12.7 ± 2.1 g/dL to 10.6 ± 2.3 g/dL, P
Print ISSN:
0006-4971
Electronic ISSN:
1528-0020
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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