Risk of Developing Venous Thromboembolism Associated with Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factors (G-CSF) in Colorectal Cancer Patients

• In: Poster Presentation
• At: Stockholm (Sweden) (2017)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: P-E-021-Monday
• By: LEE, Wen-Hsun (Kaohsiung, China Taiwan)
• Co-author(s): Wen-Hsun Lee: Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China
  Yong-Chieh Chang: Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China
  Yi-Hsin Yang: School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China
  
• Abstract:

  Backgrounds

  Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is often used for reducing the risk of febrile neutropenia caused by chemotherapy (CT). However, some studies reported that G-CSF may also be associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with cancer. The association between G-CSF and VTE in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC)..

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