Episode Details
Back to EpisodesEnd of the vincristine/steroid pulse era in pediatric ALL?, “trial and error” with abatacept in GVHD, and hemorrhage risk with dasatinib therapy
Season 5
Published 2 years, 9 months ago
Description
In this week’s episode we will review no survival benefit for vincristine/steroid pulses in contemporary studies of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (or ALL). Next, the rheumatology drug abatacept may be a promising strategy for the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease (or GVHD). Finally, we'll discuss the hemorrhage risk of dasatinib therapy.