Do you do prophylactic LP/IT chemotherapy in high risk APML prior to starting consolidation?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Extramedullary disease such as CNS involvement is quite uncommon at diagnosis in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). However, it can be seen in patients with relapsed disease. Both isolated CNS relapse and CNS relapse associated with morphologic or molecular relapse can occur. Yet one has the impres...