2006 Update of recommendations for the use of white blood cell growth factors: An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3187-3205

  Smith, Thomas J ^a   Khatcheressian, James ^a   Lyman, Gary H ^a   Ozer, Howard ^a   Armitage, James O ^a   Balducci, Lodovico ^a   Bennett, Charles L ^a   Cantor, Scott B ^a   Crawford, Jeffrey ^a   Cross, Scott J ^a   Demetri, George ^a   Desch, Christopher E ^a   Pizzo, Philip A ^a   Schiffer, Charles A ^a   Schwartzberg, Lee ^a   Somerfield, Mark R ^a   Somlo, George ^a   Wade, James C ^a   Wade, James L ^a   Winn, Rodger J ^a   Wozniak, Antoinette J ^a   Wolff, Antonio C ^a   more..

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; PEMETREXED; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745989223     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.4451     Document Type: Review

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