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Patients receiving standard chemotherapy regimens for solid tumors are at lower risk for development of febrile neutropenia and infection than patients who undergo bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.
Patients undergoing transplantation are at high risk for infection with a variety of pathogens at multiple phases in their care.
ONS Guidelines are evidence-based resources on prevalent cancer treatment-related side effects. Guidelines are available on several common cancer treatment-related side effects.
Mucositis is an inflammatory process that affects the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract.
These general prevention of infection resources refer to cancer-related or cancer treatment-related infection, not including transplantation.
Radiation-induced diarrhea is seen most often with radiation to abdominal and pelvic fields.
Anxiety is an emotional and/or physiologic response that is a common experience among patients coping with any cancer diagnosis.
Dyspnea is a subjective experience of difficult breathing or sensation of breathlessness that can occur rapidly and lead to a feeling of impending doom.
Gastrointestinal side effects with immunotherapy can manifest as diarrhea, abdominal pain, or melena.