Mortality and morbidity of curative and palliative anticancer treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multicenter population-based retrospective study.

Administration of effective anticancer treatments should continue during pandemics. However, the outcomes of curative and palliative anticancer treatments during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic remain unclear. The present retrospective observational study aimed to determine the 30-day mortality and morbidity of curative and palliative anticancer treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Suggested modifications in oncology/hematology inpatient service in Saudi Arabia during coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Background: Management of cancer patients in the current era of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses significant challenges on health-care systems. However, it is mandatory to keep the required level of care of cancer patients while taking the necessary precautions to maintain the safety of both patients and health-care professionals (HCPs). The present survey explores suggested modifications of inpatient oncology/hematology care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Therapy-related acute lymphoblastic leukemia is more frequent than previously recognized and has a poor prognosis.

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) occurring in patients with a history of prior chemotherapy/radiotherapy exposure has been previously reported to be rare, accounting for <2.5% of ALL cases.

Methods: All cases of adult ALL with a history of prior cytotoxic or radiation therapy at a leukemia referral center over a 13-year period were analyzed.

Successful management of multifactorial colitis in a recipient of hematopoietic stem cell transplant: a case report.

Recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant can develop life-threatening complications at any time following their transplants. These complications require repeated clinical assessment, appropriate and thorough screening as well as a comprehensive management approach. We report a young adult male who received a sibling allograft in the second complete remission of his acute lymphoblastic leukemia at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh.

Isolated eosinophilic mesenteric vasculitis with extensive thrombosis and splenic infarction in a 13-year-old boy.

There are no generally accepted diagnostic criteria for primary systemic vasculitis, and the application of classification as diagnostic criteria is not feasible and may even be misleading. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with acute abdomen who was found to have isolated eosinophilic mesenteric vasculitis with extensive thrombosis and splenic infarction. All serological tests were negative, including antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.