The use of recombinant erythropoietin for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with ovarian cancer does not affect progression-free or overall survival

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1220-1226

  Cantrell, Leigh A ^a   Westin, Shannon N ^b   Van Le, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia drug therapy; antineoplastic agents adverse effects; erythropoietin; ovarian neoplasms; recombinant

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ANEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952412123     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25590     Document Type: Article

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