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Forum: Breast Cancer News 02-17-2010, 08:35 AM
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FDA Unveils Risk Management Plan for ESAs

Nearly two years after a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee called for restrictions on the use of red blood cell-stimulating drugs in cancer patients (erythropoiesis-stimulating agents...
Forum: Breast Cancer News 07-10-2009, 07:08 AM
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Using EPO in Cancer Is Harmful, Review Confirms

A new review of data confirms that erythropoietin - a drug to treat anemia in many cancer patients - might be harmful. The review found that patients with head and neck cancers who received...
Forum: Breast Cancer News 05-03-2009, 11:32 AM
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Posted By gdpawel
Anemia may be adaptive to the body

Thanks for pointing this out Rich. I read about this CMAJ study last year, pointing out that anemia may actually help heal the body rather than harm it.

Dr. Ryan Zarychanski, the study's...
Forum: Breast Cancer News 05-02-2009, 06:39 PM
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Posted By gdpawel
Anemia Drugs Increase Mortality in Cancer Patients

A recent review in the Lancet suggests that using erythropoiesis-stimulating agents like Aranesp, Epogen and Procrit may reduce fatigue and combat anemia in cancer patients, while promoting tumor...
Forum: Breast Cancer News 12-09-2008, 07:58 PM
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Posted By gdpawel
Anemia Drugs' Mortality Risk Supported in Cancer Patients

Increased death rates among cancer patients taking erythropoiesis-stimulating agents were supported in a large meta-analysis.

Among nearly 14,000 patients in 53 studies, those taking the anemia...
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