OBJECTIVE: To compare the incidence of repeated red blood cell (RBC) transfusion in
anemic gynecologic cancer patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy comparing …

Patients diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) are currently treated
with oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Imatinib mesylate is the standard first-line …

Explore this concise and clinically focused approach to the field of blood banking and
transfusion therapy The Fifth Edition of Transfusion Medicine delivers a succinct, thorough …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment is frequently complicated by
anemia from ribavirin (RBV)-related hemolysis and peginterferon-alfa (PEG-IFN)-related …

Anemia in cancer patients is a relevant condition complicating the course of the neoplastic
disease. Overall, we distinguish the anemia which arises under chemotherapy as pure …

The synthesis of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), especially recombinant human
erythropoietin, has provided a new therapeutic option for the treatment of patients with …

Over the past few decades, understanding of the physiologic function of erythropoietin (EPO)
has evolved significantly. EPO binds to erythropoietin receptors (EPOR), initiating signaling …

Background: Current guidelines are inconclusive regarding intravenous (IV) iron for
treatment of chemotherapy-induced anaemia (CIA). Material and methods: Systematic …

Ligands of the transforming growth factor‐beta superfamily and activin‐receptor signaling
play an important role in erythropoiesis. Sotatercept, an activin receptor type IIA (ActRIIA) …

Introduction. Hypoxia induced radioresistance has been acknowledged for decades. One of
the indirect evidences of the influence of hypoxia on radiation response comes from the …