Implications of the European organisation for research and treatment of cancer (EORTC) guidelines on the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for lymphoma care

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 491-513

  Pettengell, Ruth ^a   Aapro, Matti ^b   Brusamolino, Ercole ^c   Caballero, Dolores ^d   Coiffier, Bertrand ^e   Pfreundschuh, Michael ^f   Trneny, Marek ^g   Walewski, Jan ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CLINIQUE DE GENOLIER   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; BLEOMYCIN; CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RITUXIMAB; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADVANCED CANCER; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MODEL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; EUROPE; FEVER; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; NEUTROPENIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67749084758     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: 11791918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200929080-00001     Document Type: Review

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