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Buske C, Dreyling M, Alvarez-Larrán A, Apperley J, Arcaini L, Besson C, Bullinger L, Corradini P, Giovanni Della Porta M, Dimopoulos M, D'Sa S, Eich HT, Foà R, Ghia P, da Silva MG, Gribben J, Hajek R, Harrison C, Heuser M, Kiesewetter B, Kiladjian JJ, Kröger N, Moreau P, Passweg JR, Peyvandi F, Rea D, Ribera JM, Robak T, San-Miguel JF, Santini V, Sanz G, Sonneveld P, von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Wendtner C, Pentheroudakis G, Passamonti F. Managing hematological cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ESMO-EHA Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus. ESMO Open 2022; 7:100403. [PMID: 35272130 PMCID: PMC8795783 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has created enormous challenges for the clinical management of patients with hematological malignancies (HMs), raising questions about the optimal care of this patient group. METHODS This consensus manuscript aims at discussing clinical evidence and providing expert advice on statements related to the management of HMs in the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, an international consortium was established including a steering committee, which prepared six working packages addressing significant clinical questions from the COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment, and mitigation strategies to specific HMs management in the pandemic. During a virtual consensus meeting, including global experts and lead by the European Society for Medical Oncology and the European Hematology Association, statements were discussed and voted upon. When a consensus could not be reached, the panel revised statements to develop consensual clinical guidance. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The expert panel agreed on 33 statements, reflecting a consensus, which will guide clinical decision making for patients with hematological neoplasms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- C Buske
- Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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- Department of Medicine III at LMU Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Service d'Hématologie Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France; UVSQ, Inserm, CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Tumorimmunology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Hematology Division, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- UCLH Centre for Waldenström and Neurohaematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Strategic Research Program on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Laboratory of B Cell Neoplasia, Division of Molecular Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele and IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department Of Hematology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Hematooncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Clinical Director - Haematology, Haemostasis, Palliative Care, Cellular Pathology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Université de Paris, APHP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques, Paris, France
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hematology Department, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Division, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- University Medical Department of Hematology and Immunology, France Intergroupe des Leucémies Myéloïdes Chroniques (Fi-LMC), Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Clinical Hematology Department, ICO-Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN), Centro de Investigación Aplicada (CIMA), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IDISNA), CIBERONC, Pamplona, Spain
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- MDS Unit, Hematology, DMSC, AOUC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Univesitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia; CIBERONC, IS Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Department of Haematology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Munich Clinic Schwabing, Academic Teaching Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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- Scientific and Medical Division, European Society for Medical Oncology, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
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Al‐Sawaf O, Zhang C, Robrecht S, Tandon M, Panchal A, Fink A, Tausch E, Ritgen M, Kreuzer K, Kim S, Wendtner C, Eichhorst B, Stilgenbauer S, Jiang Y, Hallek M, Fischer K. VENETOCLAX‐OBINUTUZUMAB FOR PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: 4‐YEAR FOLLOW‐UP ANALYSIS OF THE RANDOMIZED CLL14 STUDY. Hematol Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.49_2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- O. Al‐Sawaf
- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- Roche Products Limited Welwyn Garden City UK
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- Roche Products Limited Welwyn Garden City UK
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital Ulm Department III of Internal Medicine Ulm Germany
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- University of Schleswig‐Holstein Department II of Internal Medicine Kiel Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- Klinikum Schwabing Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Care, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Munich Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital Ulm Department III of Internal Medicine Ulm Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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Al‐Sawaf O, Zhang C, Lu T, Liao MZ, Panchal A, Robrecht S, Ching T, Tandon M, Fink A, Tausch E, Ritgen M, Böttcher S, Kreuzer K, Kim S, Miles D, Wendtner C, Stilgenbauer S, Eichhorst B, Jiang Y, Hallek M, Fischer K. VENETOCLAX‐OBINUTUZUMAB MODULATES CLONAL GROWTH: RESULTS OF A POPULATION‐BASED MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE MODEL FROM THE RANDOMIZED CLL14 STUDY. Hematol Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.31_2879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- O Al‐Sawaf
- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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- Genentec Inc San Francisco USA
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- Roche Products Limited Welwyn Garden City UK
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp Seattle USA
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- Roche Products Limited Welwyn Garden City UK
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital Ulm Department III of Internal Medicine Ulm Germany
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- University of Schleswig‐Holstein Department II of Internal Medicine Kiel Germany
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- University Hospital Rostock Department III of Internal Medicine, Rostock Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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- Klinikum Schwabing Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Care, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Munich Germany
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- University Hospital Ulm Department III of Internal Medicine Ulm Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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- Genentec Inc San Francisco USA
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne Germany
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Al‐Sawaf O, Robrecht S, Stumpf J, Fink A, Ritgen M, Johansson P, Tausch E, Hoechstetter M, Staber P, Jäger U, Niemann CU, Pallasch C, Kreuzer K, Stilgenbauer S, Fischer K, Wendtner C, Hallek M, Eichhorst B. THE CLL‐RT1 TRIAL: A MULTICENTER PHASE‐2 TRIAL OF ZANUBRUTINIB, A BTK INHIBITOR, PLUS TISLELIZUMAB, A PD‐1 INHIBITOR, FOR PATIENTS WITH RICHTER TRANSFORMATION. Hematol Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.161_2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- O. Al‐Sawaf
- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University of Schleswig‐Holstein Department II of Internal Medicine Kiel Germany
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- University Hospital Essen Clinic for Hematology Essen Germany
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- University Hospital Ulm Department III of Internal Medicine Ulm Germany
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- Klinikum Schwabing Department of Hematology Oncology Immunology Palliative Care Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Munich Germany
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- Medical University of Vienna Department of Medicine I Division of Hematology & Hemostaseology Vienna Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna Department of Medicine I Division of Hematology & Hemostaseology Vienna Austria
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- Department of Haematology Rigshospitalet and Department of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen Denmark
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital Ulm Department III of Internal Medicine Ulm Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- Klinikum Schwabing Department of Hematology Oncology Immunology Palliative Care Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Munich Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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- University Hospital of Cologne Department I of Internal Medicine Cologne Germany
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Langerbeins P, Bahlo J, Rhein C, Gerwin H, Cramer P, Fürstenau M, Al-Sawaf O, von Tresckow J, Fink A, Kreuzer K, Vehling-Kaiser U, Tausch E, Müller L, Eckart M, Schlag R, Freier W, Gaska T, Balser C, Reiser M, Stauch M, Wendtner C, Fischer K, Stilgenbauer S, Eichhorst B, Hallek M. IBRUTINIB VERSUS PLACEBO IN PATIENTS WITH ASYMPTOMATIC, TREATMENT-NAÏVE EARLY STAGE CLL: PRIMARY ENDPOINT RESULTS OF THE PHASE 3 DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED CLL12 TRIAL. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.7_2629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- P. Langerbeins
- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Internal Medicine III; University Hospital; Ulm Germany
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- Hämatologie und Onkologie; Studienzentrum UnterEms; Leer Germany
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- Hämatologie und Onkologie; Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis; Erlangen Germany
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- Hämatologie und Onkologie; Gemeinschaftspraxis; Würzburg Germany
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- Hämatologie und Onkologie; Medicinum; Hildesheim Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie; Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef; Paderborn Germany
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- Hämatologie und Onkologie; Internistische Praxis; Marburg Germany
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- PIOH; Praxis Internistischer Onkologie und Hämatologie; Köln Germany
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- Hämatologie; Onkologie, Gerinnung; Ambulantes Zentrum Kronach Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Munich Clinic Schwabing; Academic Teaching Hospital of University of Munich; Munich Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Internal Medicine I; University of Saarland; Homburg Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne-Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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Fischer K, Porro Lurà M, Al-Sawaf O, Bahlo J, Fink A, Tandon M, Dixon M, Robrecht S, Warburton S, Humphrey K, Samoylova O, Liberati A, Pinilla-Ibarz J, Opat S, Sivcheva L, Le Dû K, Fogliatto L, Utoft Niemann C, Weinkove R, Robinson S, Kipps T, Boettcher S, Tausch E, Schary W, Eichhorst B, Wendtner C, Langerak A, Kreuzer K, Goede V, Stilgenbauer S, Mobasher M, Ritgen M, Hallek M. FIXED-DURATION VENETOCLAX PLUS OBINUTUZUMAB IMPROVES PFS AND MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE NEGATIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED CLL AND COMORBIDITIES. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.52_2629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- K. Fischer
- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Pharmaceuticals Division; PDGo, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd; Basel Switzerland
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Clinical Development Oncology; Roche Products Limited; Welwyn Garden City United Kingdom
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- Biostatistics; Roche Products Limited; Welwyn Garden City United Kingdom
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Product Development - Oncology; Roche Products Limited; Welwyn Garden City United Kingdom
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- Clinical Development Oncology; Roche Products Limited; Welwyn Garden City United Kingdom
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- Hematology Department; Regional Clinical Hospital N.A. Semashko; Nizhny Novgorod Russian Federation
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- Division of Onco-Hematology; Santa Maria Terni Hospital, University of Perugia; Perugia Italy
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- Department of Malignant Hematology; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute; Tampa FL United States
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- Haematology Department; School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health; Monash University Victoria Australia
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- First Internal Department; MHAT Hristo Botev; AD, Vratsa Bulgaria
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- Hematology Department; Clinique Victor Hugo; Le Mans France
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- Department of Hematology; Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Department of Hematology; Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre; Capital & Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand and Cancer Immunotherapy Programme, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research; Wellington New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine; Division of Hematology, QEII Health Sciences Center; Halifax NS Canada
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- Moores Cancer Center; UC San Diego Health; San Diego CA United States
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- Department III of Internal Medicine; University Hospital Rostock; Rostock Germany
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- Department III of Internal Medicine; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
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- Clinical Development Oncology; AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago IL United States
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department of Hematology; Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Care, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine; Klinikum Schwabing Munich Germany
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- Department of Immunology; Laboratory Medical Immunology, Erasmus MC; Rotterdam Netherlands
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn; University Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Oncogeriatric Unit; Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, St. Marien Hospital; Cologne Germany
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- Department III of Internal Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany and Department for Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology; Saarland University Medical School; Homburg/Saar Germany
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- Product Development Oncology; Genentech, Inc.; South San Francisco CA United States
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- Department II of Internal Medicine; Campus Kiel, University of Schleswig-Holstein; Kiel Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and Center of Integrated Oncology Cologne Bonn, University Hospital, Cologne, CECAD (Cluster of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases); University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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Kochanek M, Wendtner C, Shimabukuro-Vornhagen A, Böll B, von Bergwelt-Baildon M. [Intensive care in oncology]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2014; 139:690-2. [PMID: 24623358 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1369854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- M Kochanek
- 1Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Internistische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum der Universität Köln
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- 2Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Palliativmedizin, Infektiologie und Tropenmedizin, Klinikum Schwabing, München
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- 1Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Internistische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum der Universität Köln
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- 1Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Internistische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum der Universität Köln
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- 1Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Internistische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum der Universität Köln
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Hocke AC, Becher A, Knepper J, Peter A, Holland G, Tönnies M, Bauer T, Schneider P, Neudecker J, Muth D, Wendtner C, Rückert J, Drosten C, Gruber A, Laue M, Wolff T, Suttorp N, Hippenstiel S. Infection of human lung tissue with influenza A and MERS-corona virus. Pneumologie 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1363123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Issels RD, Abdel-Rahman S, Wendtner C, Falk MH, Kurze V, Sauer H, Aydemir U, Hiddemann W. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with regional hyperthermia (RHT) for locally advanced primary or recurrent high-risk adult soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) of adults: long-term results of a phase II study. Eur J Cancer 2001; 37:1599-608. [PMID: 11527684 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)00183-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
In this phase II study, activity and safety of neoadjuvant regional hyperthermia (RHT) combined with chemotherapy was investigated in 59 patients with primary advanced or recurrent high-risk soft-tissue sarcoma (STS). Patients received four EIA cycles consisting of etoposide, ifosfamide and doxorubicin combined with RHT followed by surgical resection and adjuvant treatment. The overall objective response (OR) rate was 17%, with one complete (2%) and eight partial (15%) responses. In addition, 13 minor responses (25%) were seen. At time of surgery, complete necrosis (pCR) occurred in 6 patients and >75% necrosis (favourable histological response (FHR)) in 12 patients. At the completion of protocol treatment, 36 patients were rendered disease-free which was significantly associated with the initial radiographic and/or pathological tumour response (P=0.004). Treatment-related toxicity was acceptable overall. At a medium follow-up of 82 months, local treatment failure occurred in 33 patients, median overall survival (OS) was 52 months, and the 5-year survival rate was 49% (95% confidence interval (CI): 36-61%). OS which did not differ for extremity versus non-extremity STS (P=0.21) was better for patients responding to EIA combined with RHT (P<0.01).
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- R D Issels
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum Grosshadern Medical Center (KGMC), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
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Wendtner C, Abdel-Rahman S, Baumert J, Falk MH, Krych M, Santl M, Hiddemann W, Issels RD. Treatment of primary, recurrent or inadequately resected high-risk soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) of adults: results of a phase II pilot study (RHT-95) of neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with regional hyperthermia. Eur J Cancer 2001; 37:1609-16. [PMID: 11527685 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)00191-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The efficacy of thermochemotherapy in adult patients with primary, recurrent or inadequately resected non-metastatic high-risk soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) was assessed. 54 patients were prospectively treated with four cycles of etoposide, ifosfamide and doxorubicin (EIA) combined with regional hyperthermia (RHT) followed by surgery, another four cycles of EIA without RHT and external beam radiation. The objective response rate was 16% and at a median follow-up time of 57 months, the 4-year estimated rates of local failure-free survival (LFFS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were 59% (95% confidence interval (CI) 45-73%), 59% (95% CI 44-73%), 26% (95% CI 14-38%) and 40% (95% CI 27-53%), respectively. OS was in favour of patients responding to neoadjuvant treatment (P=0.073). In comparison to a preceding phase II study including pre- and postsurgical thermochemotherapy (RHT-91), at a 4-year follow-up the RHT-95 study cohort showed an inferior LFFS rate (P=0.027), but this did not affect DMFS (P=0.558) or OS (P=0.126). Hence, postsurgical thermochemotherapy seems critical for local tumour control without affecting survival.
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- C Wendtner
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum Grosshadern Medical Center (KGMC), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, D-81377, Munich, Germany.
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Baur A, Huber A, Arbogast S, Dürr HR, Zysk S, Wendtner C, Deimling M, Reiser M. Diffusion-weighted imaging of tumor recurrencies and posttherapeutical soft-tissue changes in humans. Eur Radiol 2001; 11:828-33. [PMID: 11372617 DOI: 10.1007/s003300000761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine soft tissue tumor recurrences and posttherapeutic soft tissue changes in humans with a diffusion-weighted steady-state free precession (SSFP) sequence. Twenty-four patients with 29 pathologies of the pelvis or the extremities were examined. The lesions were classified as follows: group 1, recurrent viable tumors (n = 10); group 2, postoperative hygromas (n = 7); and group 3, posttherapeutic reactive inflammatory muscle changes (n = 12). The sequence protocol in these patients consisted of short tau inversion recovery images, T2-weighted spin-echo (SE), pre- and postcontrast T1-weighted SE images and the diffusion-weighted SSFP sequence. The signal loss on diffusion-weighting was evaluated visually on a four-grade scale and quantitatively. The signal intensities were measured in regions of interest and a regression analysis was performed. Statistical analyses was performed utilizing the Student's t-test. The signal loss was significantly higher for hygromas and edematous muscle changes than for recurrent tumors (p < 0.001) indicating higher diffusion of water protons. The regression coefficient was -0.11 (mean) for tumors. Hygromas had a significantly higher signal loss than inflammatory edematous muscle changes (p < 0.01). The regression coefficients were -0.29 (mean) for hygromas and -0.22 (mean) for edematous muscle changes. The SSFP sequence seems to be a suitable method for diffusion-weighted imaging of the musculoskeletal system in humans. These preliminary results suggest that the signal loss and the regression coefficients can be used to characterize different types of tissue.
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- A Baur
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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