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Pegfilgrastim overdose: case report and review of the literature

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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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  1. Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, POB 9602, 31096, Haifa, Israel

    Orit Kaidar–Person, Mor Moskovitz, Tomer Charas, Wasim Alsharbati & Nissim Haim

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Kaidar–Person, O., Moskovitz, M., Charas, T. et al. Pegfilgrastim overdose: case report and review of the literature. Med Oncol 28 (Suppl 1), 697–698 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12032-010-9751-5

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