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Hematologic Malignancies • Medical Oncology • Lymphoma • Internal Medicine • Hematology • Nephrology
Would you consider giving ESA for anemia secondary to chronic kidney disease in a patient with follicular lymphoma in remission and on rituximab maintenance?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Yes. The risk of ESA has been re-evaluated and is not considered a risk of NHL. Even with the prior retrospective data, follicular lymphoma is not a curable disease and therefore ESA would not have been contraindicated.
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