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Cancer Treatments

Kathy Wilkinson

neutropenia, granulocyte colonystimulating factor, recombinant, pilocarpine, xerostomia, head and neck neoplasms, radiotherapy
CJON 2003, 7(2), 238-241. DOI: 10.1188/03.CJON.238-241

Pegfilgrastim is a pegylated form of the colony-stimulating factor filgrastim. The prefix “peg” refers to the polyethylene unit that is added to filgrastim to make it a larger molecule. Enlarging the protein enables it to stay in the body longer, allowing for a single dose per chemotherapy cycle.

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