Disease Associations
Greater awareness needed for adverse impact of anemia on cancer patients
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 12th, 2006
According to a study from Wales, "The incidence, prevalence, and treatment of anemia (hemoglobin [Hb] <12 g/dl) in women with breast cancer and gynecologic cancer were evaluated using data from the European Cancer Anemia Survey (ECAS). Adult patients with newly diagnosed treated or untreated disease, persistent/recurrent disease, and disease in remission were enrolled and followed for up to 6 chemotherapy cycles or 6 evaluation points within a 6-month period."
"At enrollment, 30.4% of breast cancer patients and 49.1% of gynecologic cancer...
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