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. 2020 Aug;25(8):e1251.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0285. Epub 2020 May 27.

How to Manage Febrile Neutropenia During the COVID Pandemic?

Saber Boutayeb  1 , Ibrahim El Ghissassi  1 , Hind Mrabti  1 , Hassan Errihani  1
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How to Manage Febrile Neutropenia During the COVID Pandemic?

Saber Boutayeb et al. Oncologist. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

This letter to the editor reflects on the recently published article about management of cancer patients during the COVID‐19 pandemic by Al‐Shamsi et al., specifically as regards the management of febrile neutropenia in the context of the pandemic.

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    Coomes EA, Al-Shamsi HO, Meyers BM, Alhazzani W, Alhuraiji A, Chemaly RF, Almuhanna M, Wolff RA, Ibrahim NK, Chua MLK, Hotte SJ, Elfiki T, Curigliano G, Eng C, Grothey A, Xie C. Coomes EA, et al. Oncologist. 2020 Aug;25(8):e1252-e1253. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0329. Epub 2020 May 27. Oncologist. 2020. PMID: 32378772 Free PMC article.

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