Development and validation of a prediction model for the risk of developing febrile neutropenia in the first cycle of chemotherapy among elderly patients with breast, lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer.

Purpose: Current guidelines recommend prophylactic use of granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSF) when febrile neutropenia (FN) risk is greater than 20%. Advanced age is a risk factor for FN; however, little is known about the impact of other factors on the incidence of FN in an older populat...

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Publicado en:Supportive Care in Cancer Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 333 - 342
Autores principales: Hosmer W, Malin J, Wong M, Hosmer, Wylie, Malin, Jennifer, Wong, Mitchell
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2011
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