Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27913518›Full record

ReviewHematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program2016

Treatment options for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes after hypomethylating agent failure.

Hetty E Carraway

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Review in Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Hetty E CarrawayTaussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) has hinged primarily on supportive care (ie, blood transfusions, colony stimulating agents, iron chelation, etc.) and the US Food and Drug Administration-approved agents, including 5-azacytidine, deoxyazacytidine, and lenalidomide. For patients no longer benefitting from these agents, there is a paucity of effective therapies. The challenges at this time include our limited understanding of the mechanisms of resistance to these therapies and the variables employed to select next best therapies for patients based on: (1) their performance status and medical comorbidities; (2) the molecular feature(s) of their MDS; (3) the prior treatments they have received; and (4) the long-term goal(s)/possibilities for their future treatment (ie, transplant vs no transplant).

Indexed as

Drug ResistanceAzacitidineHumansLenalidomideMyelodysplastic SyndromesThalidomideAzacitidineLenalidomideThalidomide

Identifiers

PMID27913518
PMCPMC6142467

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