## Background: Hemoglobin increases have been associated with quality of life (qol) improvements in anemic cancer patients treated with epoetin alfa, but intervention generally has been reserved for symptomatic anemia or hemoglobin < 10 g/dl. relationships among hemoglobin, functional status, and p
Relationship between changes in hemoglobin level and quality of life during chemotherapy in anemic cancer patients receiving epoetin alfa therapy
✍ Scribed by Anders Österborg; Yvonne Brandberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
DOI 10.1002/cncr.11430
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