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Questions discussed in this category



If yes, would you go with Zidovudine monotherapy versus combining with interferon-alpha? And what would be the preferred dose and duration? 

At the time of count recovery or do you continue it throughout induction and consolidation?

E.g., for a patient with myeloma, s/p induction therapy, and high-dose chemotherapy, followed by autologous rescue with inappropriate antibody respons...

Infection is not part of the criteria for starting treatment both in UpToDate and in NCCN guidelines. 

Can experts comment on fungal pneumonia risk with individual BTK inhibitors as seen in ELEVATE-RR and whether this impacts their management decisions?

Does your recommendation differ between autologous and allogeneic transplants? Does your recommendation differ in allogeneic transplant recipients wh...

Is it at neutrophil recovery, at documentation of CR on bone marrow biopsy, or is there a different point in time?


Papers discussed in this category


The New England journal of medicine, 2007-01-25

Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2011-03

Ann Oncol, 2021 Mar 18

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Jul 26

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

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2018-06-01

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2017 Feb

Journal of oncology practice, 2018-09-04

Leukemia & lymphoma, 2022 Mar 15

Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2020 Dec 04

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