Outcomes of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia
✍ Scribed by Chris L. Pashos; Kay Larholt; Kimberly A. Fraser; R. Scott McKenzie; Mekré Senbetta; Catherine Tak Piech
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: In 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued regulatory alerts for use of erythropoiesis‐stimulating agents (ESAs) in cancer patients with anemia after clinical trials and meta‐analysis data found that high ESA doses were associated with adverse outcomes in
## Abstract Chemotherapy‐induced anemia in children with cancer is usually of acute onset. To investigate an alternate treatment to transfusion (Tx), we undertook a phase I‐II clinical trial of daily administrations of recombinant erythropoietin (rHuEPO). Patients with a hemoglobin (Hgb) value <75