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SUBMITTER: Zermatten MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335615 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zermatten Maxime G MG Koenig Christa C von Allmen Annina A Agyeman Philipp P Ammann Roland A RA
Scientific data 20190115
Fever in neutropenia (FN) is the most frequent potentially life threatening complication of chemotherapy for cancer. Prediction of the risk to develop complications, integrated into clinical decision rules, would allow for risk-stratified treatment of FN. This retrospective, single center cohort study in pediatric patients diagnosed with cancer before 17 years, covered two decades, 1993 to 2012. In total, 703 FN episodes in 291 patients with chemotherapy (maximum per patient, 9) were reported he ...[more]