[Patient education in the prevention of febrile aplasia in oncology]. / L'éducation thérapeutique du patient en prévention de l'aplasie fébrile en oncologie.

Therapeutic education helps patients develop new skills to understand and manage their disease, their treatments and thereby improve their quality of life. This article presents the example of a therapeutic education workshop aimed at recognising the warning signs of febrile aplasia, to optimise its treatment and to reduce morbidity and mortality in this major complication in oncology.