What is the current opinion on G-CSF usage for AML patients during induction and consolidation phases of treatment?

I agree with you that the use of G-CSF for AML patients is still controversial. There are two reasons for using G-CSF for patients with AML. One is to sensitize, or “prime,” the leukemia by driving quiescent blasts into cell cycle and by mobilizing blasts out of their protective niches and into the ...