Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor prophylaxis in adult cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

Cancer Treatment and Research

Volumn 157, Issue , 2011, Pages 127-143

  Kuderer, Nicole M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78349254192     PISSN: 09273042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7073-2_8     Document Type: Review

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