NCCN Guidelines Insights: Hematopoietic Growth Factors, Version 1.2020
Pamela S. Becker, Elizabeth A. Griffiths, Laura Alwan, Kimo Bachiashvili, Anna M. Brown, Rita Cool, Peter Curtin, Shira Dinner, Ivana Gojo, Ashley Hicks, Avyakta Kallam, Wajih Zaheer Kidwai, Dwight D. Kloth, Eric H. Kraut, Daniel J. Landsburg, Gary H. Lyman, Ryan Miller, Sudipto Mukherjee, Shiven B. Patel, Lia Perez, Adam Poust, Raajit K. Rampal, Rachel Rosovsky, Vivek Roy, Hope S. Rugo, Sepideh Shayani, Sumithira Vasu, Martha Wadleigh, Kelly Westbrook, Peter Westervelt, Jennifer L. Burns, Jennifer Keller, Lenora A. Pluchino
Abstract
Management of febrile neutropenia (FN) is an integral part of supportive care for patients undergoing cancer treatment. The NCCN Guidelines for Hematopoietic Growth Factors provide suggestions for appropriate evaluation, risk determination, prophylaxis, and management of FN. These NCCN Guidelines are intended to guide clinicians in the appropriate use of growth factors for select patients undergoing treatment of nonmyeloid malignancies. These NCCN Guidelines Insights highlight important updates to the NCCN Guidelines regarding the incorporation of newly FDA-approved granulocyte-colony stimulating factor biosimilars for the prevention and treatment of FN.