Hospital Medicine

Hematologic Malignancies   

Questions discussed in this category



E.g. in a patient with tenuous cardiac function, would starting treatment several weeks earlier potentially improve outcomes?

Please specify your approach in elective and emergency surgical situations

Should systemic therapy or ISRT be utilized?   Is there a risk for intrabdominal spread with perforation? If the ulcer is repaired by simple...

Do you always treat with the full 21-day treatment course, or can defibrotide be stopped if certain criteria are met sooner?

Does your management change based on the type of end-organ involvement at the time of diagnosis? Are there any reports of CNS involvement with non-se...

I.e., Can day 2 Rituximab (RCHOP) or day 6 Rituximab (DA-EPOCH, Hyper CVAD) be given? Or should only Day 1 Rituximab be used with chemoimmunotherapy i...


Papers discussed in this category


Haematologica, 2020

Nature, 2019-03

Blood, 2018 May 02

Leuk Lymphoma, 2019 Dec 26

Ann Hematol, 2020 Apr 19

Bone Marrow Transplant, 2019 Oct 01

Front Immunol, 2020 Apr 03

Clin Infect Dis,

Journal of hospital medicine, 2018-08-01

Front Oncol, 2022 Mar 09

BMJ Support Palliat Care, 2022 Jul 08

Nutr Cancer, 2019 Oct 12

Urology, 1982-09

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2009-03

Clin Infect Dis, 2005 Jan 21

Pediatr Transplant, 2014 Sep 08

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Apr 30

Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2014 Nov

Bone Marrow Transplant, 2006 Mar

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019-05-30

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Aug 22

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Oct 23

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Aug 22

BMJ open, 2023 Sep 13

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2019 Jun 27