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Considerations for Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Patients With Cancer Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Source :
- J Natl Compr Canc Netw
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Harborside Press, LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Hematopoietic growth factors, including erythrocyte stimulating agents (ESAs), granulocyte colony-stimulating factors, and thrombopoietin mimetics, can mitigate anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia resulting from chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer. In the context of pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infection, patients with cancer have been identified as a group at high risk of morbidity and mortality from this infection. Our subcommittee of the NCCN Hematopoietic Growth Factors Panel convened a voluntary group to review the potential value of expanded use of such growth factors in the current high-risk environment. Although recommendations are available on the NCCN website in the COVID-19 Resources Section (https://www.nccn.org/covid-19/), these suggestions are provided without substantial context or reference. Herein we review the rationale and data underlying the suggested alterations to the use of hematopoietic growth factors for patients with cancer in the COVID-19 era.
- Subjects :
- Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Chemotherapy
business.industry
Anemia
medicine.medical_treatment
Thrombopoietin mimetics
Cancer
Context (language use)
Neutropenia
medicine.disease
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Haematopoiesis
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Internal medicine
Pandemic
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15401413 and 15401405
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4dd3218076593a22082947961891a5e5