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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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Autores principales: Hosmer, Wylie, Malin, Jennifer, Wong, Mitchell
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20179995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-010-0821-1