Would you consider giving ESA for anemia secondary to chronic kidney disease in a patient with follicular lymphoma in remission and on rituximab maintenance?
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Medical Oncology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Yes. The risk of ESA has been re-evaluated and is not considered a risk of NHL. Even with the prior retrospective data, follicular lymphoma is not a curable disease and therefore ESA would not have been contraindicated.