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This week's topics include the benefits of clinical trials, receiving care at a teaching hospital, satisfaction after treatment for prostate cancer, and the effects of using old blood.
Program notes
0:25 Transfusing old red blood cells
1:30 Compared old with new red blood cells
2:35 Other complications of transfusions
3:30 May not apply to all types of surgery
4:02 Family and patient satisfaction after prostate cancer treatment
5:15 Affect quality of life
6:22 Quality of life issues related to cancer treatment
7:17 Clinical trials on cancer
8:18 Randomizing allows comparison
9:10 Outcomes in hospitals that engage in clincial trials
10:06 Patients receive standard of care
11:04 Most important to get to closest hospital
12:49 End
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