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Cancer and Anemia |
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The anemia results in severe fatigue in more than three-fourths of all cancer patients. Quality of live of the anemic patients are significantly affected. Anemia can also make cancer therapies less effective. A growing body of clinical evidence indicates that the treatment of anemia can significantly improve patients' quality of life and may also improve the clinical outcome Symptoms Severe fatigue..
Cause Cancer-related anemia is a cytokine-mediated disorder resulting from complex interactions between tumor cells and the immune system.
chemotherapy and radiotherapy also may induce anemia by killing healthy red blood cells while killing the cancer cells. Statistics found that Patients undergoing chemotherapy--either alone or in combination with radiotherapy--had the highest incidence of anemia. Reference Related Topics |
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