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[Anemia associated with malignancy]
Amélia Feliciano1, Agostinho Costa, Maria José Melo
1Internato Complementar de Pneumologia do Hospital de Pulido Valente.
Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia
|December 20, 2003
Abstract:
In this paper the authors reviews the anaemia in cancer patients, its mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapeutics, especially the indications for blood transfusion and the use of recombinant human erythropoietin. Also, the author reviews the impact of anaemia in quality of life and in the outcome of therapy and of cancer itself.