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  • CANCER CAREGIVERS: NEUTROPENIA - A CHEMO SIDE EFFECT AND INFECTION RISK

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    Chemotherapy can lower white blood cell counts and cause neutropenia, increasing the risk of infection. Sixty thousand cancer patients in the US are hospitalized each year due to serious infections from neutropenia, and 1 in 14 of these patients die from the infection. Neutropenia has no warning signs, so blood tests are needed to monitor white blood cell counts. A fever should be considered an emergency in cancer patients, as it could indicate a dangerous infection while the immune system is compromised from chemotherapy.

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    14 250329-C-Caregiver Targeted-Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients 14 508 FINAL 002 1

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    CANCER CAREGIVERS: NEUTROPENIA - A CHEMO SIDE EFFECT AND INFECTION RISK

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    Chemotherapy can lower white blood cell counts and cause neutropenia, increasing the risk of infection. Sixty thousand cancer patients in the US are hospitalized each year due to serious infections from neutropenia, and 1 in 14 of these patients die from the infection. Neutropenia has no warning signs, so blood tests are needed to monitor white blood cell counts. A fever should be considered an emergency in cancer patients, as it could indicate a dangerous infection while the immune system is compromised from chemotherapy.

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    CANCER CAREGIVERS

    A CHEMO SIDE EFFECT YOU SHOULD


    KNOW ABOUT: NEUTROPENIA
    Chemotherapy’s job is to kill cancer cells. Sometimes, chemo will also destroy healthy white blood cells
    (called neutrophils), which are one of our body's main defenses against getting sick.
    When our white blood cell count dips really low this is a common side effect of chemo called neutropenia.

    1 in14
    WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL
    60,000 cancer patients are hospitalized in the United States each
    year because their neutropenia will lead to a serious infection.
    1 in 14 of these patients will die. *

    HOW IT WORKS
    Chemo may cause Neutropenia increases An infection can delay their
    your loved one to their chance of getting treatment, put them in the
    get neutropenia. an infection. hospital and be deadly.

    WHAT! NO WARNING SIGNS? A RED FLAG!


    That’s right. Neutropenia is an invisible side A fever in a cancer patient is an
    effect. The only way to know if and when your emergency and may be the only sign of
    loved one has neutropenia is through a blood test. an infection.

    TAKE CONTROL
    Take their temperature If they have to go to the Ask their doctor
    anytime they don’t feel ER, tell the person when they’re most at risk
    well or whenever their checking them in that (when their white blood
    doctor recommends. they have cancer and cell count will be at its
    are receiving chemo. lowest).

    If they get a fever, Wash your hands a lot when they should get a
    call their doctor and encourage your loved flu shot ... and get one
    immediately… one and anyone around yourself as well.
    even after hours. them to do the same.

    *Caggiano V, et al. Cancer. 2005; 103: 1916–1924.


    Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients is a comprehensive initiative led by CDC and the CDC Foundation to reduce infections
    in cancer patients. For more information on this topic and to learn more about this program, please visit
    www.PreventCancerInfections.org.

    This program was made possible through a CDC Foundation partnership with, and funding from, Amgen. As part of the partnership, the CDC
    Foundation considered oncology expertise provided by Amgen.

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