Managing cancer-related anaemia in congruence with the EORTC guidelines is an independent predictor of haemoglobin outcome: Initial evidence from the RESPOND study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-11

  Aapro, Matti ^a   Van Erps, Joanna ^b   MacDonald, Karen ^c   Soubeyran, Pierre ^d,e   Muenzberg, Michael ^f   Turner, Matthew ^f   Warrinnier, Hans ^g   Albrecht, Tara ^c,h   Abraham, Ivo ^c,i  

^a CLINIQUE DE GENOLIER   (Switzerland)

^b Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^c Matrix45 ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^g Roche   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Erythropoietin; Evidence based practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 57749201142     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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