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Intracellular Phosphoflow Cytometry of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patient-Derived Xenotransplants
Published on: June 6, 2025
Cardio-oncology and transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia
1Atrium Health, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, 1237 Harding Place, Suite 5200, Charlotte, NC, 28203, USA.
Despite the rapidly evolving treatment landscape for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains an important and potentially curative treatment option for many high-risk AML patients. Cardiovascular disease is an important competing risk throughout allo-HCT and a key driver of morbidity and mortality long after treatment. Cardio-oncology is a new discipline in cardiology which provides multidisciplinary care and expertise to complex cancer patients with the aims of optimizing cardiovascular health plus monitoring and treating potential cardiotoxicity related to cancer treatments. As allogeneic HCT techniques get more sophisticated there will be an increase in transplant eligible older patients with a rise in comorbidities including established cardiovascular disease highlighting the need for close collaboration with cardio-oncology specialists from the time of diagnosis through late survivorship.
Despite the rapidly evolving treatment landscape for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains an important and potentially curative treatment option for many high-risk AML patients. Cardiovascular disease is an important competing risk throughout allo-HCT and a key driver of morbidity and mortality long after treatment. Cardio-oncology is a new discipline in cardiology which provides multidisciplinary care and expertise to complex cancer patients with the aims of optimizing cardiovascular health plus monitoring and treating potential cardiotoxicity related to cancer treatments. As allogeneic HCT techniques get more sophisticated there will be an increase in transplant eligible older patients with a rise in comorbidities including established cardiovascular disease highlighting the need for close collaboration with cardio-oncology specialists from the time of diagnosis through late survivorship.
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