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In daily practice, a combination of oral dexamethasone and oral granisetron achieves an extremely high control of acute emesis (86% protection). Our data suggest that routine prescription of setrons for delayed phase control is not advisable as it increases costs without any benefit for the majority of patients. Delayed emesis in the rare patients with acute phase emesis remains an unsolved problem.

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In nonanemic patients donating 5 units of blood, rHuEPO associated with intravenous iron increased total red cell production. However, no difference was found between the rHuEPO and placebo groups with regard to the number of units of autologous blood donated of the number of patients receiving allogeneic blood transfusion.