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. 2020 Sep 21;13(3):1116–1124. doi: 10.1159/000509643

Table 3.

Malignancies in which TLS prophylaxis is recommended due to the risk of TLS [2, 24, 25]

Low TLS risk
Most solid tumors [24, 25]
• Non-small cell lung cancer
• Breast cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Vulvar cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Renal cell cancer
• Hepatocellular cancer
• Adenocarcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract
• Malignancies
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Thymoma
CLL and Lc <50 × 109/L treated with alkylating agents
AML and Lc <25 × 109/L and LDH increase to <2× ULN
MM CML
Indolent NHL
ALCL
Intermediate TLS risk
Solid tumors with high tumor burden, advanced tumor stage, and high chemosensitivity
• Small-cell lung cancer
• Germ cell tumors
• Neuroblastoma
CLL treated with fludarabine, rituximab or lenalidomide or venetoclax and LN >5 cm or absolute lymphocyte count >25 × 109/L and/or
Lc >50 × 109/L
AML and Lc 25–100 × 109/L
AML and Lc <25 × 109/L and LDH increase to >2× ULN
T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma, each with low tumor burden and elevated LDH and ALL and Lc <100 × 109/L and LDH increase to <2× ULN
Burkitt's lymphoma and LDH increase to <2× ULN
Lymphoblastic lymphoma stage I/II and LDH increase <2× ULN
High TLS risk
Malignancies with intermediary risk and renal insufficiency Malignancy with intermediary risk and elevated serum parameters uric acid, potassium, and/or phosphate CLL treated with venetoclax and LN >10 cm or LN >5 cm absolute lymphocyte count >50 × 109/L and elevated uric acid
AML and Lc 100 × 109/L
T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma with high tumor burden and LDH increase >2× ULN
ALL and Lc >100 × 109/L and/or LDH increase >2× ULN Burkitt's lymphoma stage III/IV and/or LDH increase >2× ULN Burkitt leukemia Lymphoblastic lymphoma stage III/IV and/or LDH increase >2× ULN

CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; MM, multiple myeloma; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ALCL, anaplastic large cell lymphoma; ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia; Lc, leukocytes; LN, lymph nodes; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.