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Reversal of radiation-induced neutropenia by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
L B Marks1, H S Friedman, J Kurtzberg
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Medical and Pediatric Oncology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Myelosuppression is a common sequelae of radiotherapy, occasionally delaying the completion of treatment. In this report, we describe successful reversal of radiation-induced neutropenia in a child receiving craniospinal irradiation by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). We suggest that G-CSF be considered as supportive care in patients in whom neutropenia develops during radiotherapy.