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Managing hematological cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ESMO-EHA Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus

28-ene-2022 | Revista: ESMO Open

C Buske  1 , M Dreyling  2 , A Alvarez-Larrán  3 , J Apperley  4 , L Arcaini  5 , C Besson  6 , L Bullinger  7 , P Corradini  8 , M Giovanni Della Porta  9 , M Dimopoulos  10 , S D'Sa  11 , H T Eich  12 , R Foà  13 , P Ghia  14 , M G da Silva  15 , J Gribben  16 , R Hajek  17 , C Harrison  18 , M Heuser  19 , B Kiesewetter  20 , J J Kiladjian  21 , N Kröger  22 , P Moreau  23 , J R Passweg  24 , F Peyvandi  25 , D Rea  26 , J-M Ribera  27 , T Robak  28 , J F San-Miguel  29 , V Santini  30 , G Sanz  31 , P Sonneveld  32 , M von Lilienfeld-Toal  33 , C Wendtner  34 , G Pentheroudakis  35 , F Passamonti  36


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.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  ESMO Open. 2022 Apr;7(2):100403.  doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100403.  Epub 2022 Jan 28.