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Annals of Oncology<br />

neutropenia in patients with cancer. These consisted of two large multicentre<br />

observational studies plus three small single-centre studies conducted across 12<br />

European countries. All studies were conducted in Europe and reflected real-life<br />

clinical use of biosimilar G-CSF. Patients receiving biosimilar G-CSF for<br />

interventional treatment were excluded from this analysis.<br />

Results: Data from 1302 patients treated with biosimilar G-CSF were available for<br />

analysis. The most frequent types of cancer were breast cancer (n = 541; 42%), lung<br />

cancer (n = 212; 16%) and lymphoma/leukaemia (n = 201; 15%). Thirty-six percent<br />

of patients had a febrile neutropenia risk of >20% while 39.6% had a risk of 10 −<br />

20% based on chemo<strong>the</strong>rapy regimen. A fur<strong>the</strong>r 12.1% of patients received biosimilar<br />

G-CSF despite a febrile neutropenia risk of

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