1. Epoetin Alfa: To Give or Not to Give.
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Dang, Chau, Hudis, Clifford, and Norton, Larry
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ERYTHROPOIESIS , *ANEMIA treatment , *BREAST cancer patients , *ADJUVANT treatment of cancer , *EPOETIN alfa (Drug) - Abstract
The author presents a commentary on a paper which reported that an erythropoiesis stimulation agent (ESA) can safely treat chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with breast cancer receiving adjuvant therapy. A second randomization among patients in the intense dose-dense (IDD) arm to receive epoetin alfa (Epo) or not. The author highlights the insufficiency of the data provided by the research in support of the routine use of ESAs.
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- 2013
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