Cancer-related anaemia is seriously under-treated,with less than one-third of anaemic patients receiving treatment,according to a study presented at the European Cancer Conference in Paris earlier this month.The European Cancer Anaemia Study included more than 15,000 cancer patients,who were not receiving chemotherapy at the time of enrolment.Results show that 32 per cent were anaemic - 24 per cent had haemoglobin(Hb)levels between 10.0 and 11.9g/dL and 8 per cent had Hb levels lower than 10.0g/dL.However,only 31 per cent of these received any treatment for anaemia.
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