%0 Journal Article %T The effects of short-term use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on bone metabolism in child cancer patients %A Ayse Bozkurt Turhan %A Cigdem Binay %A Enver Simsek %A Ozcan Bor %J Archive of "Northern Clinics of Istanbul". %D 2018 %R 10.14744/nci.2017.59320 %X The granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is the most commonly used hematopoietic growth factor recombinant DNA technology. It affects bone metabolism by modulating both osteoclast and osteoblast functions. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of short-term use of G-CSF on bone metabolism in children with leukemia and solid tumors %K Bone %K cancer %K granulocyte colony-stimulating factor %K hematopoietic growth factor %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371986/