chemotherapy and F&N - 1261961

liort85
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Hey.

I really need a table with as many chemotherapies and the FN risk (%) it associated.
An updated source will be welcomed!

Thank you,
Lior.

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Reply # - February 4, 2014, 07:31 PM

catdander
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I was just thinking that it may be helpful for you to let us know what type of cancer is being treated because I doubt there's a chart our doctors can readily point to. At least one that doesn't have a high price tag/yr to access.
Also Dr. Walko our onco pharmacologist will be a better person to ask asap after we hear back from you.

Sorry for the delay and for your need to know.
Janine

Reply # - February 5, 2014, 12:05 AM

liort85
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The reason I need this, is to know if I should approve adjuvant treatment with G-CSF (in caee the F&N risk is above 10%).
If someone knows of a table like this - I would be grateful.

Reply # - February 6, 2014, 01:27 AM

liort85
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So if you have a patient under a chemotherapy regimen - how do you know whether to consider G-CSF (>10% F&N)?
Do you have a specific source maybe? Book, website?

Reply # - February 6, 2014, 07:33 AM

JimC
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These two posts by Dr. Weiss may be helpful:

http://cancergrace.org/cancer-treatments/2011/05/11/f-n-the-side-effect…
http://cancergrace.org/cancer-treatments/2011/05/13/f-and-n-part-i/

In the second post, he notes that:

"Both ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) and NCCN (national comprehensive cancer network) guidelines recommend neulasta prophylaxis when the risk of febrile neutropenia reaches 20% and I think that this guideline is very reasonable."

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