Question 315 · LEK · Adverse effects
Fever in a patient with breast cancer who recently received a subsequent course of adjuvant postoperative chemotherapy:
- A. may be due to treatment-induced neutropenia.
- B. is always an indication for the use of granulocyte-colony stimulating agents.
- C. is always an indication for the primary use of antifungal agents.
- D. A and B are true.
- E. A, B and C are true.
Hint
Consider the timing after chemotherapy, and be wary of statements claiming something is 'always' indicated.
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