68 Efficacy of epoetin beta 30,000 IU once weekly in anaemic patientswith solid and non-myeloid haematological malignancies receiving chemotherapy

Once-weekly epoetin beta (30,000IU) in anemic patients with lung cancer receiving chemotherapy

“…Indeed, epoetin beta 30,000 IU once weekly has been shown to be equally effective as the traditional 10,000 IU three times weekly regimen in the management of anemia in patients with various hematologic cancers [17]. The current study suggests that this regimen is also effective in patients with lung cancer and other studies suggest its feasibility in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy [18], as well as other solid tumor types [36].…”