Anemia is a common but neglected complication of adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer

In this study, we set out to determine the frequency and severity of anemia and the corrective interventions used during adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.We conducted a retrospective electronic chart review of 702 patients who received adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy at four BC Cancer Agency centres in 2002 and 2003. For these patients, we recorded the initial hemoglobin reading and the date of the first hemoglobin reading in the ranges 110-119 g/L, 100-109 g/L, 90-99 g/L, and