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Incidence and Risk Factors of Anemia in Patients With Early Breast Cancer Treated by Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Anemia in Early Breast Cancer Treated by Adjuvant Chemotherapy
N Chaumard, S Limat, C Villanueva, X Pivot
20111026
2011 Nov 26
Breast
Incidence and Risk Factors of Anemia in Patients With Early Breast Cancer Treated by Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Breast. 2011 Nov 26;[Epub Ahead of Print], N Chaumard, S Limat, C Villanueva, X Pivot
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Background: The study's objective was to assess the predictive factors of anemia induced by chemotherapy in early breast cancer patients.Patients and Methods: Patients treated by adjuvant or neo-adjuvant anthracyclin-based regimens with or without taxanes between 1998 and 2006 in a French university hospital were studied. Chemotherapy included. Anemia was defined as a hemoglobin (Hb) concentration lower than 12 g/dL. Multivariate analysis by logistic regression was used to search for baseline risk...
