Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DOKey TakeawaysThe MCV test measures the size of your red blood cells.A normal MCV for ...

Trastuzumab (T) treatment beyond progression in metastatic breast cancer (MBC): Patterns of care in Swiss clinical practice. Background: We aimed to investigate the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) ...

Zidovudine was the first drug approved for the treatment of HIV infection and is still a mainstay of antiretroviral therapy. Patients taking zidovudine have an increase in the mean corpuscular volume, ...

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Committee on Obstetric Practice recently endorsed delayed cord clamping at preterm delivery. However, the committee report expressed the concern by ...

Peritoneal dialysis patients with MCV of 96 fl or more had a 29% greater risk for early death compared with a reference group. SAN DIEGO—Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with macrocytosis have a ...

The erythrocyte indices (mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)) were originally reported using hand-calculated values, ...

It's that little number tucked away in the hemogram juxtaposed between the even more ignored abbreviations MCHC (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration) and RDW (red cell distribution width). The ...

The first few weeks to months of life are characterized by dramatic physiologic and anatomic changes. As hematologic parameters are evolving during this time period, laboratory data must be assessed ...

Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI Key Takeaways A red blood cell count measures the number of red blood cells ...

Phase II trial of sorafenib in conjunction with chemotherapy and as maintenance therapy in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC): Final results. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ...