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. 2013 Jul 16;11:16. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-11-16

Table 3.

Incidence of patients with cancer associated anaemia in Greece and categorization per type of anaemia treatment

Type of cancer % Of patients with cancer associated anaemia on treatment1 Newly diagnosed cancer patients in Greece2 Number of Greek patients with cancer associated anaemia or treatment1,2 Number of Greek patients on treatment with ESAs (17,4%)1,2 Number of Greek patients on treatment with transfusion (14,9%)1,2 Number of Greek patients on treatment with iron only (6,5%)1,2 Number of Greek patients under no treatment (61,2%)1,2
Breast
26.2
4.349
1.139
198
170
74
697
Lung
47.7
6.667
3.180
553
474
207
1.946
Gl-Colon
33
5.062
1.670
291
249
109
1.022
Head & Neck
46.1
1.100
507
88
76
33
310
Gynaecological
42.7
2.026
865
151
129
56
529
Lymphoma/myeloma
47.4
1.388
658
114
98
43
403
Leukaemia
53.3
1.512
806
140
120
52
493
Urogenital
43
5.610
2.412
420
359
157
1.476
Other
36.5
9.375
3.422
595
510
222
2.094
Total 375.9 37.089 14.660 2.551 2.184 953 8.972

Sources: 1(Ludwig et al. 2004), 2WHO-Globocan 2008.