CBPP Spotlight Live January 2021: Hematologic Malignancies

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Roundtable, Andrew M. Evens, DO, MSc, discussed testing and treatment for a 22-year-old patient with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Sagar Lonial, MD, a professor and Chair of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine, and the chief medical officer of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, explains the need for transplant in patients with multiple myeloma.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives virtual event, Jason Westin, MD, MS, evaluated the management of a 63-year-old patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, hematologic oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, reviewed the prognostic tools used to find indicators of response to treatment in patients with myelofibrosis, during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspective Roundtable discussion.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives Roundtable, Swaminathan P. Iyer, MD, discussed FDA-approved therapy option for a patient with T-cell lymphoma.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives Roundtable event, Loretta J. Nastoupil, MD, discussed the case of a 74-year-old patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The way I practice, personally, is that if they are older than 60 years, they are automatically high risk, and I will start hydroxyurea. In PV, being over 60 years and/or prior thrombosis automatically makes the patient high risk, so you should probably be starting a cytoreductive therapy.