Erythropoietin to treat anaemia in patients with head and neck cancer [2] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9413, 2004, Pages 992-994

  Vaupel, Peter ^a   Mayer, Arnulf ^a   Gemici, Cengiz ^b   Henke, Michael ^c   Pajonk, Frank ^c   Janecka, Ivo P ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Dr Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Educ R ^*  (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Health Research International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOGENESIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642406966     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15802-9     Document Type: Letter

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