1.0MedicalCRITERIA.comhttps://medicalcriteria.com/webGuillermo Firmanhttps://medicalcriteria.com/web/author/medicalcriteria-com/Guidelines for the Use of Erythropoietic Proteins in Anaemic Patients with Cancer - MedicalCRITERIA.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ePS8YhtRzv"><a href="https://medicalcriteria.com/web/oncepo/">Guidelines for the Use of Erythropoietic Proteins in Anaemic Patients with Cancer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://medicalcriteria.com/web/oncepo/embed/#?secret=ePS8YhtRzv" width="600" height="338" title="“Guidelines for the Use of Erythropoietic Proteins in Anaemic Patients with Cancer” — MedicalCRITERIA.com" data-secret="ePS8YhtRzv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Anaemia is a frequent finding in cancer patients and should be carefully assessed. Additional causes of anaemia such as iron deficiency, bleeding, nutritional defects or haemolysis should be corrected prior to erythropoietic protein therapy. The following recommendations are related to adult cancer patients with solid tumours or haematological malignancies:https://medicalcriteria.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/hb-es-1024x464.jpg