A CYTOCAPACITY TEST FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC RECOVERY, NEUTROPENIC FEVER, AND ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT FOLLOWING HIGH-DOSE CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for determining the hematopoieticcytocapacity of a subject comprising the steps of: (a) determining the amountof leukocytes present in a blood sample obtained from a subject, wherein saidsubject has been subjected to administration of a single dose of G-CSF; and(b) determining the hematopoietic cytocapacity by assessing the amount ofleukocytes determined instep (a) with the amount of leukocytes which have beenmobilized or released in a control subject wherein said control subject.