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Do you hold maintenance lenalidomide or bortezomib for a patient who needs a surgery?

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Medical Oncology · University of Michigan

I'm not aware of any formal data to guide this recommendation.

In general, I do not recommend holding maintenance lenalidomide or bortezomib for surgery.

I do hold maintenance for treatment if/when:

- the patient has cytopenias from treatment and would benefit from improved counts from a treatment b...

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