Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Hematologic Malignancies   

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Per the NCCN guideline for HR HD, if treated per OEPA-COPDAC, you can omit ISRT. This patient received treatment per AHOD1331, which recommends ISRT f...

Given nationwide shortage in vinblastine, several of my patients under active therapy are facing delays in their therapies. Is it appropriate to subst...

There was a recall on viscous lidocaine and many of our patients cannot find it. What would you recommend as alternatives?

What criteria do you use to define steroid-refractory disease? Does your management different by organ system involved - GI vs skin vs other?

The patient presented with a numb chin, more to the right of his face; an MRI did report mandibular nerve opacity, which is non-specific per neuro-rad...

For example, if patients are unable to receive continuous infusion from home health agencies, or if prolonged hospitalization is cost-prohibitive.&nbs...

NCCN says "consider autologous HCT" while retrospective data seems to support SCT in most histologies like AITL

Have you changed your practice given BMT-CTN 1506/Morpho results? Would you utilize maintenance therapy in patients who achieve MRD- remission?

How does graft source, conditioning regimen, and indication for transplant affect your decision regarding G-CSF?

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

How do you counsel patients and caregivers? Do you prescribe medications (''appetite stimulants'') with the goal to improve appetite even if they do n...

For a pediatric patient with B-ALL who needs elective surgery during maintenance, what are potential treatment options during the month recommended fo...

Would a negative NGS eliminate the possibility of MDS? Is bone marrow biopsy indicated in a patient with pancytopenia with a negative NGS panel?

How would the risk of VTE associated with crizotinib affect your decision? Should we consider using crizotinib in combination with brentuximab?

Do you re-challenge them? If so, what pre-medications do you give? Do you dose reduce the cytarabine? Or do you switch another regimen?

Please specify how your institution is allocating resources now or will be soon.

What would your next line therapy be? If the patient had no matched related or unrelated donors, would you consider haploidentical transplant?

What would you want community oncologists to know when following these patients? Are there any other special issues to follow especially in AYA?

For patients not on study, would you consider replacing missed doses of peg with a non-asparaginase based chemotherapy?

There are conflicting reports whether it contributes to renal insufficiency. If you do switch, what is your preferred TKI in this scenario?

What are the differences in approach to B lymphoid/myeloid and T lymphoid/myeloid MPAL?

What is the role of PD-1 inhibitors after CAR-T infusion, either as maintenance therapy or in the setting of relapsed disease? 

iPET2 and iPET4 showed Deauville 5 response. CT biopsy after 4 cycles was negative. Patient is currently scheduled for 2 additional cycles of ABVD.

Do you use a cutoff of 10 cm? Do you measure the size of the largest node or measure the largest conglomerate or measure the total length of the entir...

How does graft function play into your decision making? How do you utilize post allogeneic transplant chimerism in clinical practice? Do you obta...

Given the POLARIX study data presented at ASH 2021, will this replace R-CHOP as the standard of care therapy in your practice? If not, how will y...

How does belumosudil now fit in your approach to steroid refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease?

Is an LP only recommended in the setting of particular subtypes of lymphoma or symptoms of CNS disease?

Do your recommendations differ between those who receive ABVD and escalated BEACOPP? Do you recommend consultation with fertility specialists for all...

Would this change with someone who has a history of thrombosis (e.g. DVT/PE, MI, CVA)? Would this change with someone who is more fit vs more frail?

Results of AHOD1331 are not yet known, but adults have started using Brentuximab upfront for high risk patients  

If given both options, which donor would one prefer: haploidentical related donor or 7/8 mismatched unrelated donor using post transplant cyclophospha...

It used to be a contraindication for G-CSF use for AML patients, but currently, several protocols include it to decrease neutropenic duration.

Would you use ALK inhibitors such as crizotinib based on recent phase II data? Are there any research efforts to combine ALK inhibitors with current ...

Do you always treat with the full 21-day treatment course, or can defibrotide be stopped if certain criteria are met sooner?

Do you prefer a cHL chemotherapy backbone or PMBL chemotherapy backbone?

Specifically, are there strategies you use to 1) empower patients to participate in decision-making and 2) reassure patients who may be skeptical?

With the new COG leukemia studies, it is difficult to interpret these results in the context of their clinical status and conventional MRD 

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

At what age would you treat an early stage hodgkins lymphoma patient with ABVD + RT (adult treatment) vs OEPA x 2 or AV-PC x 3 (pediatric paradigm)?&n...

Guidelines indicate RCHOPx3 +RT as category I and RCHOP x 6 below that; long term f/u for SWOG 8736 showed similar PFS and OS. Do you have and approac...

We often see young women with favorable, early stage disease in the mediastinum who have had a complete response to chemotherapy. With current smaller...

After ABVE-PC X4 and Ifos/vinorelbine x 2 per AHOD 0831 (and is unable to have these sites biopsied), what dose would you treat to and what volume wou...

It seems that with the arms up, you get better lung blocking but with arms akimbo, you might have a lower dose to the humeral head. 


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