Use of red blood cell transfusion in palliative care services: Is it still up to date or is cancer-related anaemia controlled better with erythropoietic agents? [1]

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 839-840

  Tanneberger, Stephan ^a   Melilli, G ^a   Strocchi, E ^a   Frenquelli, C ^a   Pannuti, Q F ^a  

^a Fondazione ANT Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANEMIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUSHING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WELLBEING;

ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2642563845     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh178     Document Type: Letter

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