Epoetin alfa improves quality of life in patients with cancer: Results of a metaanalysis

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1720-1732

  Jones, Michael ^a   Schenkel, Brad ^a   Just, Julie ^b   Fallowfield, Lesley ^c  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Jones and Just   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chemotherapy; Epoetin alfa; Metaanalysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; CANCER LINEAR ASSESSMENT SCORE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP SCALE; FATIGUE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36 SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPOETIN ALFA; FEMALE; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLACEBOS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 4744373395     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20569     Document Type: Review

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