Bone marrow suppression

Abstract

Bone marrow suppression is one of the most popular side effects of cancer chemotherapy. Bone marrow suppression includes neutropenia, anemia and thrombocytopenia. Clinical application of cytokine is useful in the treatment of bone marrow suppression due to cancer chemotherapy. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor(G-CSF) is useful in the treatment of neutropenia. Erythropoietin(EPO) is useful is the treatment of anemia. However, EPO is not widely used in Japan yet. Clinical application of varions cytokines will bring forth much improvement in the treatment of bone marrow suppression due to cancer chemotherapy.