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Prevalence, etiology and risk factors of anemia in patients with newly diagnosed cancer.

Gökce KenarElif Berna KoksoyYuksel UrunGungor Utkan
Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)
This study showed that, at the time a patient is diagnosed as having cancer, the patient already has a significant risk for anemia, nearly five times that of healthy people. Having metastatic disease, and having nutritional deficiencies as iron, B12, and folate were evaluated as possible risk factors for anemia in patients with newly diagnosed cancer, whereas cancer with GIT localization and previous history of tumor surgery were not.
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