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Risk of Neutropenia-Related Hospitalization in Patients Who Received Colony-Stimulating Factors With Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.

J Clin Oncol

November 2016

Abiy Agiro, Qinli Ma, Sze-jung Wu, and John J. Barron, HealthCore, Wilmington, DE; Anupama Kurup Acheson, Providence Cancer Center, Portland, OR; Debra A. Patt, Texas Oncology, Austin; Debra A. Patt, The US Oncology Network, Houston, TX; Jennifer L. Malin, Anthem, Woodland, CA; Alan Rosenberg, Anthem, Chicago, IL; Richard L. Schilsky, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; and Gary H. Lyman, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research and University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Purpose To describe outcomes after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) prophylaxis in patients with breast cancer who received chemotherapy regimens with low-to-intermediate risk of induction of neutropenia-related hospitalization. Patients and Methods We identified 8,745 patients age ≥ 18 years from a medical and pharmacy claims database for 14 commercial US health plans. This retrospective analysis included patients with breast cancer who began first-cycle chemotherapy from 2008 to 2013 using docetaxel and cyclophosphamide (TC); docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab (TCH); or doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (conventional-dose AC) regimens.

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