A nurse is educating a client affected with lymphoma about the side effects of antineoplastic drugs used for the treatment. Which of the following is a common side effect of antineoplastic drug therapy?
A) Hemophilia
B) Neutropenia
C) Thalassemia
D) Polycythemia
B
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Neutropenia is a common side effect of antineoplastic drugs. Other diseases, such as hemophilia, thalassemia, and polycythemia, do not occur as side effects of antineoplastic drugs. Hemophilia is a sex-linked disorder occurring because of the lack of clotting factor VIII. Thalassemia is a disorder occurring because of a defect in the hemoglobin chain. Polycythemia is caused by an abundance of red blood cells.
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