Multiple Choice
A cancer patient being treated with cell cycle-specific chemotherapeutic agents develops a neutropenic fever.Which intervention is not an effective strategy for the management of this fever?
A) Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration immediately following chemotherapy
B) Administration of a broad-spectrum antibiotic
C) Administration of colony-stimulating factors
D) Growth factor administration 26 hours following chemotherapy
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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