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Comment
. 2016 Nov 1;34(31):3819-3820.
doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.67.7377.

Critical Role of Iron in Epoetin Alfa Treatment of Chemotherapy-Associated Anemia

Irwin Gross  1 , Shannon Farmer  1 , Axel Hofmann  1 , Sherri Ozawa  1 , Aryeh Shander  1 , Matti Aapro  1
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Critical Role of Iron in Epoetin Alfa Treatment of Chemotherapy-Associated Anemia

Irwin Gross et al. J Clin Oncol. .
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  • Reply to T. Hasegawa et al and I. Gross et al.
    Leyland-Jones B, Vercammen E, Xiu L. Leyland-Jones B, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Nov 1;34(31):3820-3821. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.68.7681. J Clin Oncol. 2016. PMID: 27507880 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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