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Your doctor has ordered the drug G-CSF to help treat your illness. The drug will be infused into a vein or injected under your skin. G-CSF is used to: decrease the chance of infection in patients with nonmyeloid cancers who receive anticancer therapy that lowers white blood cell counts. reduce the amount of time the white blood cell counts are low and prevent the consequences of low white blood cell counts in patients with nonmyeloid cancer who receive chemotherapy that destroys bone marrow in preparation for bone marrow transplant. mobilize hematopoietic progenitor cells into peripheral blood for collection by leukapheresis. decrease the chance and the duration of problems due to low white blood cell counts in patients with congenital, cyclic, and idiopathic neutropenia (low white blood cell counts). G-CSF is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. G-CSF is in a class of drugs known as growth factors; it promotes the growth of white blood cells which help to fight infections. The length of treatment depends on the types of drugs you are taking, how well your body responds to them, and the type of cancer you have.
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