title: Clinical efficacy of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in patients with head and neck cancer.
abstract: Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rG-CSF) was used for the amelioration of neutropenia caused by cisplatin-based chemotherapy in head and neck cancer patients. For a dose-finding study of rG-CSF, 11 patients, who had levels of absolute neutrophil counts below 500/mm3 in peripheral blood, were administered rG-CSF subcutaneously at a dose of 1 or 2 micrograms/kg for 5 days. A 'useful' rate in 1 and 2 micrograms/kg was obtained in 71.4 and 100% of patients, respectively. In 6 patients, the clinical utility of rG-CSF at a dosage of 2 micrograms/kg from the day after chemotherapy for 10 consecutive days was observed. The percentage of 'very useful' evaluations was 83.3% (5/6). No side effects or abnormal laboratory findings were observed in any patients after administration of rG-CSF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsukuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubota
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D002945:Cisplatin