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Monday, May 07, 2012

JCO: A Way Forward on the Medically Appropriate Use of White Cell Growth Factors (hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors (CSFs))



A Way Forward on the Medically Appropriate Use of White Cell Growth Factors

Discussion points:

  • Are Hematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors Over- or Underused?
  • Table 1. Comparison of Major Guidelines
  • How Can These Disparate Conclusions Be Reconciled?
  • CSFs for Dose Maintenance in Routine Noncurative Cancer Care
  • CSFs Used to Treat FN or Afebrile Neutropenia
  • What Is the Harm in Using CSFs?
  • Are CSFs a Prudent Use of Societal Resources?
  • Why Do Oncologists Prescribe CSFs if There Is Minimal Evidence for Benefit?
  • How Did We Arrive at Widespread Use Without Clinical Trial Justification?
  • The Way Forward to Evidence-Based Use of CSFs
  • Disclosures/REFERENCES











"There are concrete steps the US oncology community can take to foster more evidence-based care. The Quality Oncology Practice Initiative51 could add overuse as a quality criterion52 and report CSF use in palliative-intent regimens when there is less than a 20% risk of FN. The major guideline groups (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer,6 National Comprehensive Cancer Network,5 and ASCO4) should endorse dose modification as an equally appropriate and preferred strategy in the absence of proven benefit. "