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In addition, neutropenia may affect your next round of chemotherapy. Particularly if your neutrophil level doesnât return to normal quickly enough. Your doctor may postpone chemotherapy or lower the dose. For neutropenia with a fever, your doctor may prescribe white blood cell growth factors.
Chemotherapy helps fight cancer, but one of the side effects can be infection. Infection occursbecause anticancer drugs can also affect normal cells, including cells that produce WBCs. If neutrophils (WBCs) decrease in your body, you are at an increased risk for developing an infection.