Evaluation of anemia and iron status in Japanese patients with gynecological malignancy: retrospective cohort study
Tetsuya Kokabu, Saiko Yamauchi, Miho Iwai, Kota Aoki, Ayaka Okamura, Yosuke Tarumi, Hisashi Kataoka, Kaori Yoriki, Taisuke Mori · 2025
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Tetsuya Kokabu and co-authors chart, in a 2025 study, anemia and iron shortage in Japanese women treated for gynecologic cancers. Low blood counts are common in cancer and can worsen outlook, yet the local picture for these cancers was unclear. The team reviewed patients at one center from 2022 to 2024, before and during treatment.
Of 103 patients, about twenty-nine percent were already anemic before treatment began. A blood measure of iron availability, called TSAT, sat below twenty percent in nearly half the group. Among those who went on to chemotherapy or combined treatment, over ninety percent became anemic within six months. Patients who started with low TSAT sank to lower blood counts during care. The authors propose TSAT as a warning sign that can trigger early iron support.
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| CREATOR | Tetsuya Kokabu, Saiko Yamauchi, Miho Iwai, Kota Aoki, Ayaka Okamura, Yosuke Tarumi, Hisashi Kataoka, Kaori Yoriki, Taisuke Mori |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |