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How do you modify HMA treatments for a patient with high-risk MDS experiencing prolonged cytopenias after each cycle?

What ANC and platelet thresholds do you use?
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Medical Oncology · The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont
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When using azacitidine for the treatment of MDS, I adjust the dose in case of cytopenia for cycle 2 onwards.

  • If there was no baseline cytopenia (ANC >1.5, PLT >75K) but cytopenia developed with treatment, the subsequent cycle is delayed until counts recover, and the dose is based on the nadir and t...

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