Trajectory of symptoms in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma: a population-based cohort study of patient-reported outcomes

MS Ebraheem, H Seow, AK Balitsky, GR Pond… - … Myeloma and Leukemia, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) is an established treatment for patients
with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM). Understanding the symptom burden …

External validation of the FIRST trial's simplified frailty score in a population-based cohort

HS Mian, S Giri, TM Wildes, AK Balitsky, A McCurdy… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma is a disease of older adults, with a median age of 70 at diagnosis. Better
risk stratification strategies are required to identify older, fit adults who benefit from more …

Managing antithrombotic therapy in immune thrombocytopenia: development of the TH2 risk assessment score

AK Balitsky, JG Kelton… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
The management of anticoagulation in patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is
challenging. This difficult clinical scenario is becoming increasingly common as the ITP …

[HTML][HTML] Testosterone use causing erythrocytosis

A Cervi, AK Balitsky - CMAJ, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
… Contributors: Andrea Cervi and Amaris Balitsky contributed equally to the conceptual
design of the case summary and discussion topics. Both authors drafted, edited and critically …

Visuomotor adaptation and intermanual transfer under different viewing conditions

AK Balitsky Thompson, DYP Henriques - Experimental brain research, 2010 - Springer
Does the brain use a separate internal model for cursor mechanics during visuomotor
adaptation? We compared the amount of adaptation and transfer to the opposite arm when …

Important questions for the malignant hematologist to consider when designing or evaluating a study with patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs)

AK Balitsky, A D'Souza… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs), which are measures of symptom burden,
health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), and therapy effectiveness have become increasingly …

Thrombovascular events affect quality of life in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

AK Balitsky, V Peeva, J Su, E Aghdassi, E Yeo… - The Journal of …, 2011 - jrheum.org
Objective. To compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with antiphospholipid
syndrome (APS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with and without previous …

A Prognostic Survival Model Incorporating Patient-Reported Outcomes for Transplant-Ineligible Patients With Multiple Myeloma

H Mian, H Seow, AK Balitsky, MC Cheung… - The …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Developing prognostic tools specifically for patients themselves represents an important
step in empowering patients to engage in shared decision-making. Incorporating patient-…

Exploring the components of bleeding outcomes in transfusion trials for patients with hematologic malignancy

AK Balitsky, Y Liu, PF Van der Meer, NM Heddle… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Clinically significant bleeding in patients with hematologic malignancies is a
heterogeneous composite outcome currently defined as World Health Organization (WHO) …

Maintenance therapy in transplant ineligible adults with newly‐diagnosed multiple myeloma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

AK Balitsky, A Karkar, A McCurdy… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The role of maintenance therapy in transplant ineligible multiple myeloma (MM)
patients following a period of fixed duration induction therapy remains unclear. Objectives …