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I am treating a young patient, who has relapsed B-ALL, with Blinatumomab. The patient has developed cholestatic jaundice. Bilirubin has raised to more than 6.0 and alkaline phosphatase to more...
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Patients with HLH can have severe neutropenia. When you treat them with Etoposide and Dexamethasone, is there any role for using G-CSF?
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I have a young patient who was getting chemotherapy and radiation for relapsed Ewing's sarcoma. The patient started having pancytopenia and a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy showed AML. The...
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I have a young patient with hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma. He had 4 cycles of CHOEP, he progressed; then he had 4 cycles of SMILE with PEG-Asparaginase, and he progressed. He received 1 cycle of...
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I have a young patient with hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma. He had 4 cycles of CHOEP, he progressed; then he had 4 cycles of SMILE with PEG-Asparaginase, and he progressed again. His performance...
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I have a patient with relapsed t-ALL after allogeneic hematopietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT). She had received hyper-CVAD, Nelarabine, ICE and PEG-Asparaginase before we performed AHSCT...
12 April 2015 1,464 9 View
Blinatumomab infusion causes high fever which is sometimes hard to control, and I wonder if anybody has used Dantrolene to control high fever even if CK is in the normal range?
09 March 2015 7,975 2 View
I wonder what the best strategy would be to control the rising blast count in the first week of starting Blinatumomab in a patient with refractory ALL?
06 March 2015 1,892 6 View
We have a patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after a myeloablative (Busulfan/Fludarabine) HSCT, and our plan is to take her into a 2nd HSCT. Can we take her to a 2nd myeloablative...
02 February 2015 2,922 10 View
Is there any evidence that blood transfusion increase the risk of GVHD in patients post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?
20 January 2015 3,756 5 View
What are the practical ways to manage erythematous skin rash due to Azacitidine? This is different from skin irritation at the injection site, which is usually mild and self-limited. I have seen...
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What is the optimal induction regimen for patients with biphenotypic acute leukemia? Should they be treated with AML-type or ALL-type induction regimens?
23 December 2014 8,557 24 View
Is there any role for elective splenectomy before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with CMML who have massive splenomegaly?
21 December 2014 793 5 View
Do you administer induction chemotherapy such as 7+3 for myeloid sarcoma in fit patients who can tolerate it? What is the best way to treat myeloid sarcoma?
18 November 2014 2,590 16 View
Do they need potent chemotherapeutic regimens such as Hyper-CVAD? What is your opinion about combination of Dasatinib and PEG-Asparaginase for adult patients with ALL, Ph+? Do you think the...
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