Prediction of response and other improvements on the limitations of recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in anemic cancer patients

Haematologica

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1209-1221

  Beguin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cancer; Darbepoetin ; Erythropoietin; Iron; Response

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANCER PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA; DATA COLLECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036854276     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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