Since there is currently no FDA-approved treatment for CIT, clinicians must make decisions on the appropriate incorporation of thrombopoietin receptor agonists (TPO-RAs) into clinical practice. Increased education and awareness of the available treatment options, including TPO-RA, will help to ensure the acceptance and use of these agents in supportive oncology care for patients with CIT.

The NCCN Guidelines for Hematopoietic Growth Factors provide recommendations for the appropriate use of growth factors in the clinical management of febrile neutropenia (FN), chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia (CIT), and chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA).

Management of febrile neutropenia (FN) is an integral part of supportive care for patients undergoing cancer treatment. The NCCN Guidelines for Hematopoietic Growth Factors provide suggestions for appropriate evaluation, risk determination, prophylaxis, and management of FN.

Challenges remain in the acceptance of biosimilar medications by physicians, payers, and patients in the U.S., similar to the challenges faced by generic drugs when they were first introduced to the market.

Join Mary S. Mably, RPh, BCOP, from University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center for this webinar in the 2018 NCCN Pharmacy Update Series on the topic Role of Biosimilar Agents in Myeloid Growth Factor Therapy.

Join Mary S. Mably, RPh, BCOP, from University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center for this webinar in the 2018 NCCN Pharmacy Update Series on the topic Role of Biosimilar Agents in Myeloid Growth Factor Therapy.

This information was originally presented on September 20, 2014, at the NCCN 9th Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies™ held in New York, New York.

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