Shoji Kimura, Keisuke Shigeta, Shingo Tamura, Keita Uchino, Takahiro Kimura, Yukinori Ozaki, Hiroshi Nishio, Kenji Tsuchihashi, Eiki Ichihara, Makoto Endo, Shingo Yano, Dai Maruyama, Tetsuhiro Yoshinami, Nobuyuki Susumu, Munetaka Takekuma, Takashi Motohashi, Mamoru Ito, Eishi Baba, Nobuaki Ochi, Toshio Kubo, Yutaro Kamiyama, Shinji Nakao, Shinobu Tamura, Hitomi Nishimoto, Yasuhisa Kato, Atsushi Sato, Toshimi Takano, Yuji Miura
BACKGROUND: Docetaxel (DTX) is commonly used as a primary chemotherapy, and cabazitaxel (CBZ) has shown efficacy in patients who are DTX resistant. Primary prophylactic granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) therapy is currently used with CBZ treatment in routine clinical care in Japan. METHODS: In this study, we performed a systematic review following the Minds guidelines to investigate the effectiveness and safety of primary prophylaxis with G-CSF during chemotherapy for prostate cancer and to construct G-CSF guidelines for primary prophylaxis use during chemotherapy...
March 28, 2024: International Journal of Clinical Oncology