Grant D. Lawless, MD

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Patterns of Chemotherapy Administration in Patients With Intermediate-Grade Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Vincent J. Picozzi, MD;Brad L. Pohlman, MD;Vicki A. Morrison, MD;Grant D. Lawless, MD;Martin W. Lee, MD;Robert O. Kerr, MD;Jon M. Ford, PhD;David J. Delgado, PhD;Moshe Fridman, PhD;William B. Carter, PhD

October 1st 2001

Records from 653 patients treated between 1991 and 1998 in the Oncology Practice Patterns Study (OPPS) were analyzed to determine contemporary chemotherapy delivery patterns in patients with intermediate-grade non-

Health Resource Utilization in ABMT With and Without G-CSF in Stage III/IV Breast Cancer Patients

Grant D. Lawless, MD;Frank D'amico, PhD;Tina Galli, RN;Mary K. Garty, RN, MA

November 1st 1995

G-CSF has been available since 1991 for use in patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy/ABMT, and while it has been shown to effectively reduce the risk of febrile neutropenia, its cost effectiveness has been open to question. In this small retrospective study, five indicators of the consumption of health care resources were examined in stage III/IV breast cancer patients who received high-dose chemotherapy with ABMT or peripheral stem cell support. The study covered the time periods before and after the availability of G-CSF. The results showed that patients who received G-CSF had reductions in length of hospital stay of 20% (the purged marrow group) and 17% (nonpurged group), compared with similar groups that did not receive the growth factor; the shortest lengths of stay were seen in the peripheral stem cell group, all of whom received G-CSF. Other findings, including number of days the ANC fell below 500, total days of G-CSF use, and total days of antibiotic use, are presented. [ONCOLOGY 9(Suppl):107-110, 1995]