"QUOTES"

Cancer and Bloodless Surgery and Medicine

"Blood transfusion is associated with an increased rate of tumor recurrence."
S Motoyama et al Surgery Today 2002;32(11):951-8.

"Oncology is a very, very big blood user, especially of platelets. And oncologists appear to use different triggers for administering platelets to prevent bleeding. ‘One oncologist will use 50,000 as the cutoff and another 10,000.’"
Dr. Susan Roseff, MD, Director of Transfusion Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University

"Blood transfusion has often been shown to reduce cancer survival."
British Journal of Surgery Volume 89 June 2002

"There is evidence that blood transfusion is associated with an increased rate of tumor recurrence."
S Motoyama et al Surgery Today 2002;32(11):951-8.

"During storage, blood products become proangiogenic stimulating both cancer cells and endothelial proliferation in vitro."
British Journal of Surgery (Abstract) Volume 89 Issue s1 Page 19-19, June 2002

"We have been able to reduce blood transfusions for cancer patients by 90 percent."
Daniel Burzon, M.D., Director of Bloodless Surgery at Ocean Medical Center

"Traditionally, bloodless surgery could not be used for cancer patients because there was no way to remove cancer-tainted blood before returning it into the body. However, technological advances allow us to completely clear blood of cancer cells, providing cancer patients with a new multitude of options. Blood surgery for cancer patients is a true medical breakthrough."
Daniel Burzon, M.D., Director of Bloodless Surgery at Ocean Medical Center

"Autologous blood transfusion appears to be an independent prognostic factor for the survival of patients with esophageal cancer."
S Motoyama et al Surgery Today 2002;32(11):951-8.