Two decades of pegfilgrastim: what have we learned? Where do we go from here?
Curr Med Res Opin. 2023 Mar 28:1-22. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2023.2196197. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) is a medical emergency that may occur in patients with malignancies receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy. FN requires early therapeutic intervention since it is associated with increased hospitalizations and high mortality risk of 5%-20%. FN-related hospitalizations are higher in patients with myeloid malignancies than in those with solid tumors due to the myelotoxicity of chemotherapy regimens and the compromised bone marrow function. FN increases the burden of cancer by c...
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - March 28, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Cisio De Oliveira Brandao Sandra Lewis Darcie Sandschafer Jeffrey Crawford Source Type: research
