Impact on acute myeloid leukemia relapse in granulocyte colony-stimulating factor application: a meta-analysis.

DISCUSSION: Treatment with chemotherapy plus G-CSF appears to provide better survival and treatment responses compared with chemotherapy alone, particularly for patients with previously untreated AML. ABBREVIATIONS: AML, acute myeloid leukemia; CI, confidence interval; CR, complete remission; DFS, disease-free survival; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor; HR, hazard ratio; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; OR, odds ratio; OS, overall survival; RCTs, randomized control trials; RR, relative risk. PMID: 29516766 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hematology - Category: Hematology Tags: Hematology Source Type: research