Lung Cancer
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 478-485 , June 2012

Benefits and risks of using erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in lung cancer patients: Study-level and patient-level meta-analyses

  • Johan Vansteenkiste

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Oncology Unit (Pulmonology), University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 16346801; fax: +32 16346803.
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  • John Glaspy

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • David Henry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
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  • Heinz Ludwig

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Center for Oncology and Hematology, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
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  • Robert Pirker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Dianne Tomita

      Affiliations

    • Global Biostatistics, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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  • Helen Collins

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research, Hematology/Oncology, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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  • Jeffrey Crawford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Received 29 September 2011 ,Revised 20 December 2011 ,Accepted 27 December 2011.

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PII: S0169-5002(11)00679-9

doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.12.015

Lung Cancer
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 478-485 , June 2012

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