CDC’s Cancer Blog: Chemotherapy’s Most Serious Side Effect

In a new blog post, Dr. Lisa Richardson, director of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control and lead investigator of CDC’s Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients program, discusses one of the most serious side effects of chemotherapy treatment. See the advice she gives her friends and patients so they can tackle this deadly threat.

One out of every 10 cancer patients who receives chemotherapy gets an infection that requires a hospital visit. To learn how you can help prevent infections in cancer patients, visit Three Steps Toward Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients.

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