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UK Patient Information Guide: Supportive therapies

Booklets and factsheets

Blood transfusions
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Clodronate (Bonefos®, Loron®)
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Do Something Amazing Today Give Blood
Author African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust
Description Leaflet
Obtain from Po Box 670 Croydon, Cr9 5DP Tel 020 8667 1122 email: info@aclt.org
URL http://www.aclt.org
Erythropoietin (Eprex®, NeoRecormon®, Aranesp®)
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
G-CSF (Neupogen®, Granocyte®, Neulasta®)
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Pamidronate (Aredia®)
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis)
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Platelet transfusions
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Steroids
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup
Zoledronic acid (Zometa®)
Author Cancerbackup
Description Factsheet
Obtain from Online version available
Order from Cancerbackup

All resources in UK patient information guide have been reviewed by Cancerbackup specialist nurses and all details were correct at time of review.

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