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hematopoietic growth factor

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hematopoietic growth factor
[-pō·et′ik]
one of a group of proteins, including erythropoietin, interleukins, and colony-stimulating factors, that promote the proliferation of blood cells.


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Some chapters are broader in scope, discussing such topics as clinical strategies for cancer treatment, preclinical aspects of cancer drug discovery, pharmacokinetics, infertility after cancer chemotherapy, carcinogenesis of anticancer drugs, antibody therapies of cancer, hematopoietic growth factors, the role of the Food and Drug Administration in oncology product development, and hormonal therapy for breast cancer.
The book covers indications for transfusions of several specialized products, such as red cells, platelets, granulocytes, hemostatic agents, mononuclear cells, immune globulin, and hematopoietic growth factors, as well as others.
Current regimens include half-dose chemotherapeutic agents such as methotrexate, bleomycin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dexamethasone (m-BACOD) with adjunctive use of hematopoietic growth factor (granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, GM-CSF, or granulocyte colony stimulating factor, G-CSF).
 
 
 
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