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ReviewFuture oncology (London, England)2024

The impact of myelosuppression on quality of life of patients treated with chemotherapy.

Jeffrey Crawford, Dana Herndon, Katerina Gmitter, Jared Weiss

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Review in Future oncology (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Efficacy and safety of trilaciclib to prevent chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression in advanced solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jeffrey CrawfordDuke Cancer Institute, Duke Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Dana HerndonCone Health Cancer Center, Greensboro, NC 27403, USA.
Katerina GmitterPatient Author, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA.
Jared WeissUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Funding

G1 Therapeutics
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Side effects from chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression can negatively affect patients' quality of life (QoL). Neutropenia increases infection risk, and anemia frequently results in debilitating fatigue. Additionally, the bleeding risk associated with thrombocytopenia can lead to fear and anxiety. However, traditional interventions for myelosuppression fall short of the ideal. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factors reduce the risk of severe neutropenia but commonly lead to bone pain. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents are not always effective and may cause thromboembolic events, while transfusions to correct anemia/thrombocytopenia are associated with transfusion reactions and volume overload. Trilaciclib, which is approved for reducing myelosuppression in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, together with several investigational agents in development for managing myelosuppression have the potential to improve QoL for patients on chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsQuality of LifeAnemiaHumansNeoplasmsNeutropeniaThrombocytopeniaAntineoplastic Agentsanemiachemotherapymyelosuppressionneutropeniaquality of lifethrombocytopeniatrilaciclib

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PMID38587388
PMCPMC11441072

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