A prospective study of cancer survivors and risk of sepsis within the REGARDS cohort

Conclusion In this prospective cohort of community-dwelling adults we observed that cancer survivors had more than a 2.5-fold increased risk of sepsis. Public health efforts should attempt to mitigate sepsis risk by awareness and appropriate treatment (e.g., antibiotic administration) to cancer survivors with suspected infection regardless of the number of years since cancer remission.
Source: Cancer Epidemiology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research