A child,age 10 years,has a neuroblastoma and is in the hospital for additional chemotherapy treatments.What laboratory values are most likely this child's?

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Chemotherapy is the mainstay of therapy for extensive local or disseminated neuroblastoma.The drugs of choice are vincristine,doxorubicin,cyclophosphamide,cisplatin,etoposide,ifosfamide,and carboplatin.These cause immunosuppression,so the laboratory values will indicate a low white blood cell count and hemoglobin.

A Child,age 10 Years,has a Neuroblastoma and Is in the Hospital