Routine radiography does not have a role in the diagnostic evaluation of ambulatory adult febrile neutropenic cancer patients

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2495-2498

  Oude Nijhuis, C S M ^a   Gietema, J A ^b   Vellenga, E ^b   Daenen, S M G J ^b   De Bont, E S J M ^a   Kamps, W A ^a   Groen, H J M ^b   Van Der Jagt, E J ^b   Van Der Graaf, W T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fever; Neutropenia; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINUS RADIOGRAPHY; SINUSITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242268038     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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