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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood transfusions for anaemia in patients with advanced cancer
AU - Preston, Nancy J
AU - Hurlow, Adam
AU - Brine, Jennifer
AU - Bennett, Michael I
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861321751&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/14651858.CD009007.pub2
DO - 10.1002/14651858.CD009007.pub2
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22336857
VL - n/a
JO - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
JF - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
IS - 2
M1 - CD009007
ER -