(intravenous vs oral), schedules, and durations, and although it is clear that greater cumulative dose confers an increased risk of CRA, the impact of administration route and dose intensity/duration on CRA is not known. 14 Although some data suggest that
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chemotherapy significantly decreases OS rate. 99 Recently, 2 separate studies confirmed that ABVD chemotherapy can be safely administered at the full-dose intensity without any growth factor support. 100 , 101 The NCCN Guidelines do not recommend the routine
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relative dose-intensity of chemotherapy. 131 Although the decreased risk for febrile neutropenia was found to be independent of age in this meta-analysis, only the trials involving patients with lymphoma included substantial populations of older
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healthier than most older patients. Many of the treatment regimens used in these trials had lower dose intensity than those in current use. Nevertheless, these studies are important, because they demonstrate that age, by itself, is not a contraindication
dose intensity [RDI] of ≤80% and ≤85%) between groups. RDI was calculated as the ratio of the delivered dose intensity (total delivered dose divided by the period over which the total dose was measured) to the standard dose intensity as recommended in
