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Eric A Coomes¹, Humaid O Al-Shamsi^{2

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4}, Brandon M Meyers⁵, Waleed Alhazzani⁶, Ahmad Alhuraiji⁷, Roy F Chemaly⁸, Meshari Almuhanna⁹, Robert A Wolff¹⁰, Nuhad K Ibrahim¹¹, Melvin L K Chua^{12

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14}, Sebastien J Hotte⁵, Tarek Elfiki^{15

16}, Giuseppe Curigliano^{17

18}, Cathy Eng¹⁹, Axel Grothey²⁰, Conghua Xie¹⁴

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¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Medical Oncology Department, Alzahra Hospital Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
⁴ Emirates Oncology Society, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Department of Oncology, Juravinski Cancer Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁷ Department of Hematology, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁹ Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
¹⁰ Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
¹¹ Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
¹² Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Medical Sciences, National Cancer Center Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ Oncology Academic Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
¹⁴ Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
¹⁵ Windsor Regional Cancer Center, Windsor, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
¹⁷ Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology and Division of Early Drug Development for Innovative Therapy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁸ European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
¹⁹ Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
²⁰ West Cancer Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

PMID: 32378772
PMCID: PMC7267302
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0329

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Eric A Coomes et al. Oncologist. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;25(8):e1252-e1253.

doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0329. Epub 2020 May 27.

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Medical Oncology Department, Alzahra Hospital Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
⁴ Emirates Oncology Society, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Department of Oncology, Juravinski Cancer Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
⁷ Department of Hematology, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁹ Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
¹⁰ Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
¹¹ Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
¹² Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Medical Sciences, National Cancer Center Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ Oncology Academic Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
¹⁴ Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
¹⁵ Windsor Regional Cancer Center, Windsor, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
¹⁷ Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology and Division of Early Drug Development for Innovative Therapy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁸ European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
¹⁹ Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
²⁰ West Cancer Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

PMID: 32378772
PMCID: PMC7267302
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0329

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This letter to the editor remarks on additional considerations for the management of febrile neutropenia during the COVID‐19 pandemic, in response to the letter by Boutayeb et al.

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How to Manage Febrile Neutropenia During the COVID Pandemic?
Boutayeb S, El Ghissassi I, Mrabti H, Errihani H. Boutayeb S, et al. Oncologist. 2020 Aug;25(8):e1251. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0285. Epub 2020 May 27. Oncologist. 2020. PMID: 32399999 Free PMC article.

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