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charchew

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A chemotherapy patient has an absolute neutrophil count of 300/mm3 and arrives for the next chemotherapy treatment. What would be the best course of action?
 
  1. Hold the chemotherapy until the neutrophil count recovers.
  2. Administer the chemotherapy as prescribed.
  3. Administer filgrastim and proceed with the administration of chemotherapy.
  4. Administer sargramostim now and chemotherapy tomorrow.

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Chemotherapy will be the most effective for a neoplastic tumor if the malignancy is:
 
  1. growing rapidly.
  2. mutated.
  3. an old tumor.
  4. a solid tumor.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
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