Common Infections in Cancer Patients
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Cancer patients are more prone to infections, because certain treatments lower white blood cell levels, which weakens the immune system.
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Infections in Cancer Patients
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Febrile neutropenia - Infections in cancer patients
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White Blood Cell Count and Cancer: What You Should Know
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Colds and Flus During Chemo: Causes, Treatment, Prevention
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Role of the gut microbiota in anticancer therapy: from molecular
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Febrile neutropenia - Infections in cancer patients
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Materials for Patients and Caregivers
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Infectious diseases as a cause of death among cancer patients: a trend analysis and population-based study of outcome in the United States based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database
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Infections and cancer
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Proportion of breakthrough bloodstream infections (BSIs) that were
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Timing of the most common infections in HSCT recipients and cancer
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Neutropenic Fever: What Is It, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Risk
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Risk for Infection and Cancer