Background: Patients with hematological malignancies (HM) are at high risk of COVID-19 progression. Hence, early treatments to prevent progression are needed. The aim of our work was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of remdesivir (RDV) and SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in patients with HM and mild-to-moderate disease in real clinical practice.
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February 2023
The familial occurrence of hematological malignancies has been underappreciated. Recent studies suggest that up to 15% of adults with myeloid neoplasms carry germline pathogenic variants in cancer-predisposing genes. This study aimed to identify the underlying germline predisposition variant in patients with a strong family or personal onco-hematological history using whole exome sequencing on sixteen uncharacterized individuals.
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