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In a patient with amyloidosis and abnormal liver function but child Pugh A, would you still proceed with SABR for a liver metastasis?

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If blood counts are being checked during concurrent chemoradiation, is there a number at which point you would recommend a radiation treatment break?

For example, concerning throbocytopenia or neutropenia during anal cancer treatment with concurrent mitomycin/5FU, or other pelvic malignancies treate...

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Do you routinely start anticoagulation for a patient with newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma presenting with a portal venous thrombosis?

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Do you use bevacizumab in patients with history of VTE (DVT/PE) who are stable on anticoagulation?

Would it make a difference if the VTE diagnosis occurs during bevacizumab therapy or whether it preceded the cancer diagnosis?

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Blood, 2020 Sep 10

Anticoagulant therapy for splanchnic vein thrombosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Blood Adv,

American Society of Hematology 2021 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prevention and treatment in patients with cancer.

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