The level of haemoglobin in anaemic cancer patients correlates positively with quality of life.

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The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between haemoglobin level and quality-of-life in anaemic cancer patients. Patients, diagnosed with one of four cancers, were recruited if their haemoglobin level was <12 g dl(-1) (female) or <13 g dl(-1) (male). The condition-specific Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Anaemia and the generic SF-36 were used to assess quality-of-life. Thirty-six per cent of the 179 recruited patients had breast cancer, 28% ovarian cancer, 25% lun...

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Authors: Lind, M; Vernon, C; Cruickshank, D; Wilkinson, P; Littlewood, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: British journal of cancer
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1243-1249
• Publication date: 2002-04-01
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600247
• EISSN: 1532-1827
• ISSN: 0007-0920
• Language: English
• Keywords: Questionnaires; Anemia; Aged; Great Britain; Hemoglobins; Female; Male; Quality of Life; Regression Analysis; Humans; Adult; Middle Aged