Impact of epoetin-β on survival of patients with lymphoproliferative malignancies: Long-term follow up of a large randomized study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-209

  Österborg, Anders ^a   Brandberg, Yvonne ^a   Hedenus, Michael ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Epoetin; Survival

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPOETIN ALFA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 17644390912     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05440.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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