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748 questions · 782 findings · 58 reviews · Gynaecological, Neuro-oncology and Orphan Cancer

No studies found 164 · 21%GRADE not reported 26 · 3.3%Very low 151 · 19.3%Low 222 · 28.4%Moderate 158 · 20.2%High 61 · 7.8%

Benefits and harms of CSF plus antibiotics vs antibiotics alone

Duration of grade IV neutropenia (lower values signify better outcomes) · people with chemotherapy‐induced febrile neutropenia

Benefits and harms of CSF plus antibiotics showed no clear difference in duration of grade IV neutropenia (lower values signify better… compared with antibiotics alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Benefits and harms of CSF plus antibiotics vs antibiotics alone

Time to recovery from fever (lower values signify better outcomes) · people with chemotherapy‐induced febrile neutropenia

Benefits and harms of CSF plus antibiotics showed no clear difference in time to recovery from fever (lower values signify better outcomes) compared with antibiotics alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Benefits and harms of CSF plus antibiotics vs antibiotics alone

Time to withdrawal from ATB (lower values signify better outcomes) · people with chemotherapy‐induced febrile neutropenia

Benefits and harms of CSF plus antibiotics showed no clear difference in time to withdrawal from ATB (lower values signify better outcomes) compared with antibiotics alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

PFS (stage III/IV) Median · women with advanced (stage III/IV) endometrial cancer after surgery and radiotherapy

The intervention showed no clear difference in PFS (stage III/IV) Median (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dietary modifications (counselling or dietary change) vs no nutritional intervention

Diarrhoea · People undergoing RT for pelvic cancer

Dietary modification probably leads to lower diarrhoea at end of treatment compared with no nutritional intervention (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: quinolone prophylaxis vs TMP‐SMZ prophylaxis

All cause‐mortality · cancer patients with afebrile neutropenia following chemotherapy

Summary of findings: quinolone prophylaxis probably leads to higher all cause‐mortality compared with TMP‐SMZ prophylaxis (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: quinolone prophylaxis vs TMP‐SMZ prophylaxis

Febrile patients and episodes · cancer patients with afebrile neutropenia following chemotherapy

Summary of findings: quinolone prophylaxis probably leads to lower febrile patients and episodes compared with TMP‐SMZ prophylaxis (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review