The avoidance of G-CSF and the addition of prophylactic corticosteroids after autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients appeal for the at-home setting to reduce readmission for neutropenic fever.

The avoidance of G-CSF and the addition of prophylactic corticosteroids after autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients appeal for the at-home setting to reduce readmission for neutropenic fever.

<h4>Background</h4>Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) remains the standard of care for young multiple myeloma (MM) patients; indeed, at-home ASCT has been positioned as an appropriate therapeutic strategy. However, despite the use of prophylactic antibiotics, neutropenic fever (...

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Main Authors: Luis-Gerardo Rodríguez-Lobato, Alexandra Martínez-Roca, Sandra Castaño-Díez, Alicia Palomino-Mosquera, Gonzalo Gutiérrez-García, Alexandra Pedraza, María Suárez-Lledó, Montserrat Rovira, Carmen Martínez, Carlos Fernández de Larrea, María-Teresa Cibeira, Laura Rosiñol, Ester Lozano, Pedro Marín, Joan Cid, Miquel Lozano, Ana Belén Moreno-Castaño, Marta Palomo, Maribel Díaz-Ricart, Cristina Gallego, Adelina Hernando, Susana Segura, Enric Carreras, Álvaro Urbano-Ispizua, Joan Bladé, Francesc Fernández-Avilés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241778

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