Iron metabolism and iron supplementation in cancer patients.

Heinz, Ludwig,; Rayko, Evstatiev,; Gabriela, Kornek,; Matti, Aapro,; Thomas, Bauernhofer,; Veronika, Buxhofer-Ausch,; Michael, Fridrik,; Dietmar, Geissler,; Klaus, Geissler,; Heinz, Gisslinger,; Elisabeth, Koller,; Gerhard, Kopetzky,; Alois, Lang,; Holger, Rumpold,; Michael, Steurer,; Houman, Kamali,; Hartmut, Link,

doi:10.1007/s00508-015-0842-3

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Iron metabolism and iron supplementation in cancer patients.

Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift • Dec 1, 2015

Authors:

Ludwig, Heinz

Evstatiev, Rayko

Kornek, Gabriela

Abstract

Iron deficiency and iron deficiency-associated anemia are common complications in cancer patients. Most iron deficient cancer patients present with functional iron deficiency (FID), a status with adequate storage iron, but insufficient iron supply for erythroblasts and other iron dependent tissues. ...

Subject

Functional and absolute iron deficiency

Iron deficiency

Iron supplementation

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