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. 2011 Dec:28 Suppl 1:S697-8.
doi: 10.1007/s12032-010-9751-5. Epub 2010 Nov 24.

Pegfilgrastim overdose: case report and review of the literature

Orit Kaidar-Person  1 , Mor Moskovitz, Tomer Charas, Wasim Alsharbati, Nissim Haim
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Pegfilgrastim overdose: case report and review of the literature

Orit Kaidar-Person et al. Med Oncol. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Single-dose pegfilgrastim is commonly used for the prophylaxis of neutropenia in patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy. We report a case of a 69-year-old man who was treated with chemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer and mistakenly self-administered a 36 mg overdose of pegfilgrastim, a sixfold increase over the scheduled dose.

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