Darbepoetin alfa in the treatment of anemia in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1383-1390

  Wauters, Isabelle ^a   Vansteenkiste, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cancer; chemotherapy induced anemia; darbepoetin; quality of life; red blood cell transfusion; survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN SUBSTITUTION AGENT; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ANEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84871331751     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/era.12.117     Document Type: Article

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