Early breast cancer is commonly treated with anthracyclines and taxanes. However, combining these drugs increases the risk of myelotoxicity and may require granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF ...

Recently, a Dutch, randomized, phase III trial demonstrated that, in small-cell lung cancer patients at risk of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN), the addition of granulocyte ...

Purpose. The efficacy and safety of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in critically ill patients with severe sepsis or septic shock were evaluated. Summary. The medical literature was ...

The effects of sargramostim and filgrastim on hematopoietic cells are described. Filgrastim is a lineage-specific colonystimulating factor (CSF), mainly affecting neutrophils. In addition to enhancing ...

Treatment with a molecule known as A485 can quickly and temporarily increase levels of white blood cells, a critical part of the body's immune system, an effect that is difficult to deliver with ...

A new study that including participants from the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim shows how the growth factor erythropoietin (EPO) protects and regenerates nerve cells in the brain. In ...

Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a serious chemotherapy complication defined by fever (≥38.3°C) and low neutrophil count ...

Researchers found that sargramostim decreased UCH-L1 and total tau levels in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s patients. MMSE ...