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Table 2 Types of cancer in febrile neutropenic patients

From: Epidemiology and source of infection in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia: an experience from a developing country

Type of CA

n (%)

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

6 (4)

B-cell lymphoma (other)

10 (6.7)

Follicular lymphoma

1 (0.7)

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

20 (13.3)

Burkitt’s lymphoma

3 (2)

Mantle-cell lymphoma

1 (0.7)

Gastric lymphoma

1 (0.7)

Multiple myeloma

12 (8)

Hairy-cell leukemia

3 (2)

AML

42 (28)

ALL

28 (18.7)

CLL

3 (2)

Lung adenocarcinoma

1 (0.7)

Small cell lung cancer

1 (0.7)

Rectal cancer

1 (0.7)

Colon Adenocarcinoma

2 (1.3)

Cholangiocarcinoma

1 (0.7)

Gastric adenocarcinoma

3 (2)

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

1 (0.7)

Retroperitoneal liposarcoma

2 (1.3)

Maxillary sinus adenocarcinoma

1 (0.7)

Brain cancer

1 (0.7)

Ewing sarcoma

3 (2)

Osteosarcoma

1 (0.7)

Testicular cancer

1 (0.7)

Breast cancer

1 (0.7)

  1. AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia