Chronic Anemia: Long Term Complications, Long Term Solutions
Program Code: 430-TC
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Lawrence Goodnough, MD, Stanford University Medical Center

SPEAKERS
Lawrence Goodnough, MD, Stanford University Medical Center
Aryeh Shander, MD, FCCM, FCCP, Englewood Hospital & Medical Center
Allen Nissenson, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Lodovico Balducci, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
John Adamson, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

DESCRIPTION
This program explores the prevalence of anemia in cancer, chronic renal insufficiency and normal aging, and the common causes of anemia. It also details the value and the cost of different approaches to the treatment of anemia, including red cell transfusions and erythropoietic growth factors.