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Research Article
Vol. 1, Issue 2
CANCER PATIENTS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION DEMAND IN A RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED SETTING: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Background: Cancer patients on treatment have anaemia as a common complication resulting from deceased red blood cell production, increased destruction of circulating red blood cells or bleeding from cancer. Blood transfusion in cancer patients is quite frequent as a hospital-based study demonstrated that 34% of blood donated in a health facility w...
