Effect of treatment with epoetin-β on survival, tumour progression and thromboembolic events in patients with cancer: An updated meta-analysis of 12 randomised controlled studies including 2301 patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-22

  Aapro, M ^a   Scherhag, A ^b   Burger, H U ^b  

^a CLINIQUE DE GENOLIER   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Epoetin ; Survival

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 42949174250     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604408     Document Type: Article

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