C OLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS (CSFs) are required for the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. The granulocyte (G) and granulocyte-monocyte (GM) CSFs stimulate proliferation of committed stem cells for granulocytes and macrophages, and the GM-CSF can also enhance the proliferation of multipotential, erythroid, eosinophil, megakaryocyte, and mast stem cells.’4 Recen...

Abbreviations: acute myeloid leukemia, (AML); American Society of Clinical Oncology, (ASCO); bone marrow, (BM); end stage renal disease, (ESRD); erythropoietin, (EPO); granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, (G-CSF); Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, (GM-CSF); hematopoietic growth factors, (HGFs); hematopoietic stem cell, (HSC); hemoglobin, (Hgb); idiopathic thrombocytopenic purp...

Optimal management of fungemia in neutropenic patients is still controversial. Several reports have already stressed the poor prognosis in invasive candidiasis (80% mortality in several reports). Therefore granulocyte transfusions would appear to be useful in the management of these infections. We report the use of rhG-CSF-primed granulocyte transfusions plus amphotericin B in two neutropenic p...

background: over the past decade, survival from advanced colorectal cancer is increasing. therefore patients have more exposure to chemotherapy and related toxicities. this study determines how hematologic toxicity patterns affect therapy and care. methods: from april 2010 to march 2013, we enrolled 127 patients with stages iib to iv colorectal cancer. patients underwent complete blood count mo...

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