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What is your standard for monitoring triglyceride level during therapy for ALL, particularly in regards to receiving pegaspargase?

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Medical Oncology · City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Routine monitoring of triglyceride levels is not considered standard practice during pegaspargase therapy. Although hypertriglyceridemia is a common side effect of asparaginase treatment, it typically has no significant clinical impact on management decisions or future use of asparaginase. The condi...

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