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How do you decide whether to hold acalabrutinib or zanubrutinib in patients with indolent B-cell lymphoma/leukemias in a perioperative/periprocedural setting?
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Medical Oncology · University of Kansas Cancer Center
This is always a point of discomfort among providers, but it can actually be made quite easy.
BTK inhibitors have known antiplatelet effects similar to low-dose aspirin. Consequently, if the surgeon holds aspirin for the planned procedure, I generally recommend that we hold the BTK inhibitor for 3 d...