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How would you structure your monitoring for a low-risk leukemic TP53-negative mantle cell lymphoma with 5% MCL cells detected in both peripheral blood and bone marrow, mild splenomegaly, and no lymphadenopathy or B symptoms?

What timing, what tests?
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What's your initial monitoring approach to indolent leukemic MCL?

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Medical Oncology · City of Hope
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This appears to be the prototypical indolent patient for whom observation would be ideal. For these patients, there isn’t a truly validated period of monitoring. I have typically extrapolated from follow-up from other chronic diseases, with a plan to extend follow-up intervals over several years. In...

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Hematology · Rutgers Cancer Institute/Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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I agree with Dr @Dr. First Last - I focus on clinical and laboratory monitoring and see patients every 3-6 months, depending on their CBC trends and their absolute lymphocyte counts.

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