ASH: IV Iron Fails Test in Cancer-Related Anemia (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Thu, 12/10/2009 - 09:58

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Intravenous iron supplementation failed to boost the benefits of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia, according to data from the largest study of its kind.


 

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