RT Book, Section A1 W. Finberg, Robert A2 Longo, Dan L. SR Print(0) ID 1135228821 T1 Infections in Patients with Cancer T2 Harrison's Hematology and Oncology, 3e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259835834 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135228821 RD 2024/03/29 AB Infections are a common cause of death and an even more common cause of morbidity in patients with a wide variety of neoplasms. Autopsy studies show that most deaths from acute leukemia and half of deaths from lymphoma are caused directly by infection. With more intensive chemotherapy, patients with solid tumors have also become more likely to die of infection. Fortunately, an evolving approach to prevention and treatment of infectious complications of cancer has decreased infection-associated mortality rates and will probably continue to do so. This accomplishment has resulted from three major steps: