Anemia in patients with cancer has multiple causes. Since establishing a diagnosis can be difficult, evaluation via laboratory findings and bone marrow histopathology is often necessary. Cytopenias can result either directly or indirectly from the malignancy, or they occasionally are the result of other causes, such as AIDS or infection.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
SpivakJ.L.. Cancer-related anemia: its causes and characteristics.Semin Oncol.1994; 21(2 suppl 3): 3–8.
2.
HenryD.H.. Recombinant human erythropoietin treatment of anemic cancer patients.Cancer Pract.1996; 4: 180–184.
3.
HyunB.H., StevensonA.J., HanauC.A.. Fundamentals of bone marrow examination.Hematol Oncol Clin.1994; 8: 651–663.
4.
BowdlerA.J.. Splenomegaly and hypersplenism.Clin Haematol.1983; 12: 467–488.
5.
FoucarK.. B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and prolymphocytic leukemia. In: KnowlesD.M., ed. Neoplastic Hematopathology.Baltimore, Md: Williams and Wilkins;1992: 1195.
6.
EngelfrietC.P., OverbeekeM.A.M., von dem BorneA.E.G.. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia.Semin Hematol.1992; 29: 3–12.
7.
LinY.C., ChangH.K., SunC.F.. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia as an initial presentation of metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin.South Med J.1995; 88: 683–687.
8.
Leads from the MMWR: risks associated with human parvovirus B19 infection Pt 1.JAMA.1989; 261: 1406–1408.
9.
Leads from the MMWR: risks associated with human parvovirus B19 infection Pt 2.JAMA.1989; 261: 1555–1556.
10.
FrickhofenN., ChenZ.J., YoungN.S.. Parvovirus B19 as a cause of acquired chronic pure red cell aplasia.Br J Haematol.1994; 87: 818–824.
11.
HambletonJ.. Hematologic complications of HIV infection.Oncology.1996; 10: 671–680.
