Panelists discuss how data from Mansour and colleagues suggesting potential Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor discontinuation after 2+ years of therapy opens up new treatment strategy considerations, with decisions between discontinuation vs switching to alternative BTK inhibitor (BTKi) therapy being influenced by factors such as depth and duration of response, toxicity severity, patient preferences regarding adverse effects and treatment schedules, and quality-of-life considerations.
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