Case series of complex therapy of hemoblastosis in the context of COVID-19

Vadim Kemaykin 1, Ruzal Vildanova 1, Jamilya Saparbay 2 * , Azat Karabekov 1, Zhandos Burkitabayev 3
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1 Department of Oncohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, National Research Oncology Center, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
2 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Organ Transplantation, National Research Oncology Center, Republic of Kazakhstan
3 Chairman of the Board, National Research Oncology Center, Republic of Kazakhstan
* Corresponding Author
J CLIN MED KAZ, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 75-78. https://doi.org/10.23950/jcmk/9735
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic is a problem of a global scale, and it has an importance in modern oncology and hematology. Patients with cancer are at high risk of getting infected with COVID-19. Diagnosis of coronavirus infection in such patients entails the cancellation of chemotherapy for an indefinite period. A break between courses of treatment, as well as a complete cancellation of therapy, can increase the mortality of patients from oncohematological diseases.
Material and methods: From June to October 2020, based on the Oncohematological Department of the National Research Oncology Center LLP, 19 patients were treated, of which: men - 11, women - 8. Average age - 43 years (+ -16). Of these, patients with multiple myeloma - 32%; acute myeloid leukemia - 26%; acute promyelocytic leukemia - 11%; acute lymphoblastic leukemia - 26%; chronic lymphocytic leukemia - 5%. Treatment was carried out following the protocols for the diagnosis and treatment of hemoblastosis and concomitant COVID-19 infection.
Results: This article presents clinical cases of complex therapy of patients with hemoblastosis and concomitant COVID-19 infection who were treated in a hospital.
Keywords: COVID-19, hemoblastosis, multiple myeloma, chemotherapy, autologous stem-cell transplantation, acute myeloid leukemia

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Kemaykin V, Vildanova R, Saparbay J, Karabekov A, Burkitabayev Z. Case series of complex therapy of hemoblastosis in the context of COVID-19. J CLIN MED KAZ. 2021;18(2):75-8. https://doi.org/10.23950/jcmk/9735

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