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ArticleLeukemia research reports2020

Use of Tocilizumab in Management of Post-Operative Myelomonocytic Leukemoid Reaction.

Megan Melody, Emily Butts, David Menke, Kevin Landolfo, Keith Oken, Taimur Sher, Sharad Khurana

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Article in Leukemia research reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Megan MelodyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Emily ButtsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
David MenkeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Kevin LandolfoDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Keith OkenDepartment of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Taimur SherDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Sharad KhuranaDivision of Hematology-Oncology, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Mayo Clinic in Florida · USWinnMed · USUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin 6 receptor (IL6R) inhibitor, tocilizumab, has been effectively used in the treatment of cytokine release syndrome in patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Here we present a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) who developed a steroid refractory, post-operative myelomonocytic leukemoid reaction (PO-MMLR), effectively treated with tocilizumab. Although, further studies are needed to validate the effectiveness of tocilizumab in management of PO-MMLR, this case serves to provide a new management approach in treatment of this rare but lethal syndrome with no standardized treatment options.

Indexed as

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemiaLeukemoid reactionSystemic inflammatory responseTocilizumab

Identifiers

PMID33240789
PMCPMC7672312
OpenAlexW3094881849

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