Register
Community
Overview
Experts
Editors
Fellows
Code of conduct
AI Guidelines for Physicians
Company
About Us
FAQs
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Careers
Programs
News
News Releases
Press Coverage
Publications
Blog
Contact Us
Sign in
Please select the option that best describes you:
Physician
Patient
Health Care Practitioner
Pharma / Biotech Industry
Other
Topics:
Hematologic Malignancies
•
Medical Oncology
•
Leukemia
•
Hematology
Why do we immediately perform CNS staging with a LP at diagnosis of ALL when the risk of seeding is highest with a high lymphoblast count?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
We wait until circulating blasts are cleared from PB before doing LP.
Sign in or Register to read more
6494
Related Questions
What are your top takeaways in Hematologic Malignancies from ASH 2024?
For patients with newly diagnosed AML who are induction chemotherapy eligible, do you dose reduce cytarabine for any mild elevation in AST/ALT?
What are the treatment options for relapsed T-ALL in a patient who was nonadherent with AALL and hyper-CVAD regimens?
How would you treat a patient with selective IgM deficiency on IVIG infusions with a new diagnosis of CLL?
In an elderly transplant ineligible IDH1-mutated patient with AML, who is in remission after 6 cycles of azacitidine and ivosidenib, would you discontinue azacitidine after cycle 6 and continue maintenance ivosidenib until progression/toxicity or continue both azacitidine and ivosidenib?
What would be an appropriate frontline AML regimen for transplant ineligible patients with chronic kidney disease (creatinine 2.5 or higher)?
What is the consensus on giving Pemivibart for Pre-Exposure COVID prophylaxis in immunocompromised patients?
How do you manage persistent cytopenias after FCR chemotherapy for treatment of CLL?
If a bone marrow biopsy reveals mast cell leukemia, would you consider treating with avapritinib?
Do you add venetoclax +/- anti CD-20 mAb to a BTKi in patients with CLL who no longer wish to remain on a BTKi many months after starting the BTKi?