Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia : Risks
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Jeffrey Crawford; David C. Dale; Gary H. Lyman
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Cytotoxic chemotherapy suppresses the hematopoietic system, impairing host protective mechanisms and limiting the doses of chemotherapy that can be tolerated. Neutropenia, the most serious hematologic toxicity, is associated with the risk of life‐threatening infections as well as chemot