Therapeutic effects of epoetin zeta in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced anaemia

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1689-1697

  Tzekova, Valentina ^a   Mihaylov, Georgi ^b   Elezovic, Ivo ^c   Koytchev, Rossen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^b National Institute of Haematology and Transfusion   (Bulgaria)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^d CCDRD AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Chemotherapy; Epoetin zeta; Erythropoietin; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPOIETIN ZETA; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ANEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFESTATION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SOLID TUMOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650489060     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990903050876     Document Type: Article

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