Supportive care for patients with systemic light chain amyloidosis

SW Wong, T Fogaren - Hematology/Oncology Clinics, 2020 - hemonc.theclinics.com
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a disease in which clonal plasma cells produce misfolded
light chains that then deposit in organs and impair their function. Amyloidosis is a …

[HTML][HTML] Role of Palliative Care in the Supportive Management of AL Amyloidosis—A Review

MH Habib, YKR Tiger, D Dima, M Schlögl… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Light chain amyloidosis is a plasma–cell disorder with a poor prognosis. It is a progressive
condition, causing worsening pain, disability, and life-limiting complications involving …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary supportive care in systemic light chain amyloidosis

BZ Maroun, S Allam, CP Chaulagain - Blood research, 2022 - synapse.koreamed.org
The immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis is a multisystemic disease which manifests by
damage to the vital organs by light chain-derived amyloid fibril. Traditionally, the treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Supportive care and symptom management for patients with immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis

CE Jensen, M Byku, GA Hladik, K Jain… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a disorder of clonal plasma cells
characterized by deposition of amyloid fibrils in a variety of tissues, leading to end-organ …

[HTML][HTML] Risk-Adapted Melphalan and Stem Cell Transplant for Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis: A Single Institution Experience.

H Landau, DE Fein, H Hassoun, C Bello, JF Chou… - Blood, 2012 - Elsevier
Abstract Abstract 3109 Background: High dose melphalan (MEL) is a standard treatment for
eligible patients with AL, a disease in which hematologic response is a key determinant of …

[HTML][HTML] AL amyloidosis: Unfolding a complex disease

R Lu, TA Richards - Journal of the advanced practitioner in …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia. An estimated 12,000 people
live with the disease in the United States. AL amyloidosis occurs from the misfolding of …

Impact of consolidation therapy post autologous stem cell transplant in patients with light chain amyloidosis

AS Al Saleh, MH Sidiqi, S Sidana… - American journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The role of consolidation post autologous stem cell transplant in light chain amyloidosis is
not well defined. We retrospectively identified patients who had light chain amyloidosis and …

High dose therapy for light chain amyloidosis: Can we reduce treatment related mortality further?

M Dimopoulos, E Kastritis - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Immunoglobulinh light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by
the overproduction and tissue deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains which …

Fibril-directed therapies in systemic light chain AL amyloidosis

D Bhutani, S Leng, S Lentzsch - Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis) is a plasma cell disorder leading
to the production and extracellular deposition of abnormal immunoglobulin light chains …

Supportive care in AL amyloidosis

MT Cibeira, JT Ortiz-Pérez, LF Quintana… - Acta …, 2020 - karger.com
Immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a systemic disease characterized by the
production and deposition of light chain-derived amyloid fibrils in different organs. Prompt …