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American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline Update Summary: Use of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Protectants

	Context

 
ASCO recently convened an update committee of the expert panel on the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy protectants to review ASCO's Clinical Practice Guideline on this topic. In 2002, ASCO updated the original 1999 guideline. This 2008 updated guideline addresses the role of currently available chemotherapy and radiation therapy protectants in decreasing the incidence and/or the severity of toxicities associated with the use of chemotherapy and radiation therapy to treat cancer.

The updated guideline includes a new section on the use of palifermin to prevent mucositis associated with stem cell transplantation, and discusses the use of amifostine for the . . . [Click for More]