Cancer
Research on cancer reported by scientists at University of Michigan
Published in Blood Weekly, May 29th, 2008
"Erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) are some of the most widely used agents in oncology. Yet, the use of ESAs to treat chemotherapy induced anemia in cancer patients has raised issues of concern since 2003, when the two initial studies that were powered to detect meaningful differences in survival with ESA therapy were either halted early, or concluded with deleterious effects on survival," scientists in the United States report.
"Several trials since then have caused both guideline writers and the FDA to recommend that ESAs should not employed to drive the hemoglobin to greater than 12 g/dL. It is still unclear what role these agents will play in cancer patients...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-05-29)
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