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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Apr 19;25(14):4264–4270. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-0361

Table 2.

TLS Risk Stratification and Prophylaxis Strategy by TLS Risk

Low Risk n=118 Intermediate Risk n=94 High Risk n=83 Total Cohort n=297
Risk Stratification % (unless noted) Number with Available Data % (unless noted) Number with Available Data % (unless noted) Number with Available Data % (unless noted) Number with Available Data
CT Scan 55% 89 65% 68 76% 33 62%, 190
Largest Lymph Node
 < 5 cm 93% 90 58% 66 30% 33 71% 189
 5 to 10 cm 7% 90 41% 66 28% 33 22% 189
 >10 cm 0% 90 2% 66 42% 33 8% 189
ALC, median (range) 3000/μL (100–46,000/μL) 76 27,000/μL (60–201,000/μL) 56 35,100/μL (700–326,000/μL) 31 9000/μL (60–326,600/μL) 164
Planned Hospitalizations n=265
0 43% 101 20% 82 12% 80 27% 265
1 18% 101 29% 82 23% 80 23% 265
2 18% 101 28% 82 36% 80 26% 265
3 5% 101 10% 82 11% 80 8% 265
4 6% 101 5% 82 6% 80 6% 265
5 10% 101 8% 82 9% 80 9% 265
6 0% 101 0% 82 3% 80 1% 265
Prophylaxis
Allopurinol 91% 75 93% 56 94%, 31 92% 163
Rasburicase 27% 102 42% 81 72% 79 45% 264
Normal Saline 85% 73 88% 56 97% 31 88% 161
Outcomes
Clinical TLS n=2 117 n=3 94 n=3 83 2.7% 296
Laboratory TLS n=3 117 n=7 94 n=7 83 5.7% 296
Requiring HD n=0 117 n=1 94 n=0 83 0.3% 296
Deaths attributable to TLS n=0 118 n=0 94 n=1 83 0.8% 125

ALC = absolute lymphocyte count; TLS = tumor lysis syndrome; HD = hemodialysis