2023
Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide is associated with increased bacterial infections
Ustun C, Chen M, Kim S, Auletta J, Batista M, Battiwalla M, Cerny J, Gowda L, Hill J, Liu H, Munshi P, Nathan S, Seftel M, Wingard J, Chemaly R, Dandoy C, Perales M, Riches M, Papanicolaou G. Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide is associated with increased bacterial infections. Bone Marrow Transplantation 2023, 59: 76-84. PMID: 37903992, PMCID: PMC11164622, DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-02131-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-transplant cyclophosphamideHematopoietic cell transplantationBacterial infectionsMost bacterial infectionsGVHD prophylaxisInfection cohortHost diseaseCalcineurin inhibitorsMyelodysplastic syndromeCell transplantationAcute leukemiaMore infectionsDay 180Greater incidencePatientsInfectionCohortProphylaxisCyclophosphamideTransplantationSyndromeGraftLeukemiaMortalityIncidence
2020
Isolated trisomy 11 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia – is the prognosis not as grim as previously thought?*
Bewersdorf JP, Shallis RM, Diadamo A, Gowda L, Podoltsev NA, Siddon A, Zeidan AM. Isolated trisomy 11 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia – is the prognosis not as grim as previously thought?*. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2020, 61: 2254-2257. PMID: 32338096, PMCID: PMC7485109, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1755858.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Primary plasma cell leukemia: autologous stem cell transplant in an era of novel induction drugs
Gowda L, Shah M, Badar I, Bashir Q, Shah N, Patel K, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Mehta R, Weber DM, Lee HC, Manasanch EE, Shah A, Thomas SK, Parmar S, Nieto Y, Orlowski RZ, Champlin R, Qazilbash MH. Primary plasma cell leukemia: autologous stem cell transplant in an era of novel induction drugs. Bone Marrow Transplantation 2018, 54: 1089-1093. PMID: 30446740, PMCID: PMC8393277, DOI: 10.1038/s41409-018-0392-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary plasma cell leukemiaStem cell transplantMultiple myelomaCell transplantPost-autologous stem cell transplantAutologous stem cell transplantPoor long-term survivalPlasma cell leukemiaLong-term survivalInduction drugsCytotoxic chemotherapyAggressive variantTreatment algorithmNovel agentsCell leukemiaOutcomes postNovel drugsTransplantDrugsPosttransplantChemotherapyMyelomaTherapyLeukemia