Epoetin alfa treatment results in clinically significant improvements in quality of life in anemic cancer patients when referenced to the general population.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on January 15, 2003

Authors

David Cella1, Martin J Zagari, Christina Vandoros, Dennis D Gagnon, Hans-Jürgen Hurtz, Johan W R Nortier

Author Affiliations

1: Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Institute for Health Sciences Research and Policy Studies, Northwestern University, IL 60201, USA. d-cella@northwestern.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Treatment of Chronic Anemia With Epoetin Alfa in Elderly | NCT00337441

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