Mizuki Mizuuchi

Risk of febrile neutropenia in breast cancer chemotherapy despite the prophylactic use of pegfilgrastim: a retrospective analysis

<title>Abstract</title> Background Pegfilgrastim, a long-acting granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), is used to prevent febrile neutropenia (FN) in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. However, a small subset of patients still develops FN and requires hospita...