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Blood transfusions for anaemia in patients with advanced cancer. / Preston, Nancy J; Hurlow, Adam; Brine, Jennifer et al.
In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. n/a, No. 2, CD009007, 2012.

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Preston NJ, Hurlow A, Brine J, Bennett MI. Blood transfusions for anaemia in patients with advanced cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012;n/a(2):CD009007. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009007.pub2

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Preston, Nancy J ; Hurlow, Adam ; Brine, Jennifer et al. / Blood transfusions for anaemia in patients with advanced cancer. In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012 ; Vol. n/a, No. 2.

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title = "Blood transfusions for anaemia in patients with advanced cancer",
abstract = "Anaemia occurs in 68% to 77% of patients with advanced cancer, however, only a minority of patients who are admitted to a hospice receive a blood transfusion. It is unclear what the benefit of blood transfusion is in advanced cancer, who is most likely to respond and also for how long. Hence we conducted a systematic review to assess the use of blood transfusion in advanced cancer.",
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AU - Brine, Jennifer

AU - Bennett, Michael I

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N2 - Anaemia occurs in 68% to 77% of patients with advanced cancer, however, only a minority of patients who are admitted to a hospice receive a blood transfusion. It is unclear what the benefit of blood transfusion is in advanced cancer, who is most likely to respond and also for how long. Hence we conducted a systematic review to assess the use of blood transfusion in advanced cancer.

AB - Anaemia occurs in 68% to 77% of patients with advanced cancer, however, only a minority of patients who are admitted to a hospice receive a blood transfusion. It is unclear what the benefit of blood transfusion is in advanced cancer, who is most likely to respond and also for how long. Hence we conducted a systematic review to assess the use of blood transfusion in advanced cancer.

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