Twenty Years of G-CSF Clinical and Nonclinical Discoveries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Molineux, Graham (Editor), Foote, MaryAnn (Editor), Arvedson, Tara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel, 2012.
• Series: Milestones in Drug Therapy
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Hematology.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Cancer Research.; Cytokines and Growth Factors.

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF or GCSF) is a secreted glycoprotein that stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of granulocyte precursor cells, and induces mobilization of peripheral blood progenitor cells from the bone marrow. Development of recombinant human G-CSF has had a...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Science
• Use of rHuG-CSF in the Oncology Setting
• Use of rHuG-CSF in Non-Oncology Setting
• Safety and Economics
• The Next 20 Years.