Efficacy and safety of ior®EPOCIM for chemotherapy- or radiotherapy-induced anemia in pediatric cancer patients

MEDICC Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Vargas Batista, Alicia ^a   Mendoza, Ivis ^a   Uranga, Rolando ^a   González, Alejandro ^b   Martínez, Liliana ^c   Caballero, Iraida ^d   Piedra, Patricia ^e   Saurez, Giselle ^e   Verdecia, Manuel ^f   Cabanas, Ricardo ^g  

^a National Coordinating Centre for Clinical Trials   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE HEMATOLOGÍA E INMUNOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^c Servicio de Cardiologia Pediatrica   (Cuba)

^d National Oncology and Radiobiology Institute   (Cuba)

^e CENTER OF MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^f Sur Provincial Pediatric Hospital   (Cuba)

^g Juan Manuel Marquez Pediatric Hospital   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cancer; Cuba; Erythropoietin; Medical oncology; Pediatrics; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IOR EPOCIM; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE PAIN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CUBA; NEOPLASM; RADIATION INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956915537     PISSN: 15557960     EISSN: 15273172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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