title: The colony-stimulating factors and cancer.
abstract: The colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are the master regulators of granulocyte and macrophage populations. There are four different aspects of the connection between the CSFs and cancer: (a) the CSFs can accelerate the regeneration of protective white cells damaged by chemotherapy; (b) the CSFs can mobilize stem cells to the peripheral blood in convenient numbers for transplantation; (c) the CSFs can enhance anticancer immune responses and (d) the CSFs are potentially involved in the genesis of the myeloid leukemias.
authors: Cancer and Haematology Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia. Telephone: 61-3-9345-2555; metcalf@wehi.edu.au.
authors: Donald
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authors: Metcalf
mesh_terms: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor