ArticleHematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program2021
Oral hypomethylating agents: beyond convenience in MDS.
Article in Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- The prognostic value of maintaining minimal residual disease status in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia receiving azacitidine-based therapy.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Allogeneic transplantation in adverse-risk acute myeloid leukemia: Challenges, strategies, and future directions.Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2025Article
- How I treat higher-risk MDS.Blood · 2025Review
- Clinical activity, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of oral hypomethylating agents for myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms and acute myeloid leukemia: A multidisciplinary review.Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners · 2024Review
- Maintenance therapy for AML after allogeneic HCT.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Oral hypomethylating agents (HMAs) represent a substantial potential boon for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who have previously required between 5 and 7 visits per month to an infusion clinic to receive therapy. For patients who respond to treatment, ongoing monthly maintenance visits represent a considerable burden to quality of life, and for those who are early in therapy, these sequential visits may tax transportation and financial resources that would be optimally distributed over the treatment cycle to facilitate transfusion support. The availability of oral HMAs may support the optimal application of these agents by contributing to adherence and lessening the burden of therapy, potentially encouraging patients to stay on longer-term treatment. Distinct pharmacokinetic profiles for the recently approved oral HMAs (oral azacitidine and decitabine-cedazuridine) result in differential toxicity profiles and have prompted their clinical trial development in lower- and higher-risk MDS, respectively.
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