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How AMR impacts cancer care

Resistant "superbugs" negatively impact people's general health, not to mention other things like agriculture. Is AMR a major concern for cancer patients, though?

References

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2017) ECDC patient story: Mohammed, European Antibiotic Awareness Day. Available at: https://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ecdc-patient-story-mohammed.

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Furuya, E.Y. and Lowy, F.D. (2006) ‘Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in the community setting’, Nature Reviews Microbiology, 4(1), pp. 36–45. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1325.

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Infectious Diseases Society of America (no date) Meredith Littlejohn, IDSA. Available at: https://www.idsociety.org/public-health/patient-stories/meredith-littlejohn/.

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Mpundu, M. et al. (2022) The impact of antibiotic resistance on cancer treatment, especially in low-and middle-income countries, and the way forward – 2022, ReAct. Available at: https://www.reactgroup.org/news-and-views/news-and-opinions/year-2022/the-impact-of-antibiotic-resistance-on-cancer-treatment-especially-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-and-the-way-forward/.

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Nanayakkara, A.K. et al. (2021) ‘Antibiotic resistance in the patient with cancer: Escalating challenges and paths forward’, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 71(6), pp. 488–504. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21697.

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Union for International Cancer Control (2022) Podcast ‘Let’s Talk Cancer’ – Antimicrobial Resistance: a silent pandemic, UICC. Available at: https://www.uicc.org/news/podcast-lets-talk-cancer-antimicrobial-resistance-silent-pandemic.

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (2020) The fight against antimicrobial resistance is significant for cancer prevention and treatment, apps.who.int. Available at: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/337511.

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