WBC Growth Factors: ASCO Guideline Update
Prophylactic use of CSFs to reduce the risk of febrile neutropenia is warranted when the risk of febrile neutropenia from chemotherapy is approximately 20% or higher and no other equally effective and safe regimen that does not require CSFs is available. For patients receiving chemotherapy with a <20% risk of febrile neutropenia, primary prophylaxis with a CSF may be warranted if patients are at a high risk of febrile neutropenia based on age, medical history, or disease characteristics. For stem-cell mobilization, CSFs may be used either alone, after chemotherapy, or in combination with plerixafor or motixafortide. The guideline also provides information about the dosing and selection of CSFs.Additional information is available at www.asco.org/supportive-care-guidelines.
Authors
- T Cigler
- Logan Roof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9362-7851)
- Jana Dickter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5579-1573)
- Bernardo Leon Rapoport (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7610-3653)
- Kevin Knopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-6128)
- Sally Schott
- Ramila Shilpakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-6975)
- Thomas J. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0978-1494)
- Amar H Kelkar
- Dario Trapani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1672-9560)
- B. Gyawali
- Madhav R. Seshadri
- Amy B. Woodard
- Kari Bohlke
Institutions
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Cornell University (US)
- Bir Hospital (NP)
- Alameda Health System (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
- The Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank (ZA)
- Highland Hospital (US)
- City of Hope (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- National Academy of Medical Sciences (NP)
- Patient Advocate Foundation (US)
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- European Institute of Oncology (IT)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-02938
- Primary Topic
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00