[The occurrence of anemia in small cell lung cancer patients during first-line chemotherapy].

Unlabelled: Both the character of disease and its aggressive treatment--including cisplatin-based chemotherapy--reflected to fact that anemia is a frequent problem in SCLC patients. Moreover, the potential prognostic role of anemia is considered in this group of patients. The aim of the study was to analyze occurrence of anemia in SCLS patients subjected to first line chemotherapy with the special attention paid to its potential prognostic role.