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The ability to improve predictions of which patients are at risk for neutropenic complications might help to reduce the morbidity due to febrile neutropenia and increase the likelihood of delivering full chemotherapy dose on time.
A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of febrile seizures might lead to new strategies of prevention or treatment [ 4 ] . Recent work has identified several genes associated with familial febrile seizure tendencies [ 5 6 7 ] . Some of these genes code for ion channels that govern excitability of nerve tissue.
The purpose of our study was the further validation of a model [ 1 11 ] that used first-cycle nadir ANC count to predict the risk of febrile neutropenia, dose delay, and dose reduction in patients with breast cancer receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy.
Neutropenic complications can negatively affect the course of chemotherapy, leading to dose delays or decreases to reduce a patient's risk of developing febrile neutropenia.
Neutropenic complications, defined as febrile neutropenia, severe neutropenia, or dose delay or reduction due to neutropenia, are the most common side effects of myelosuppressive chemotherapy [ 1 2 ] . The frequent occurrence of neutropenic complications suggests that it is impossible to predict accurately which patients will present with a neutropenic complication.
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