Multiple myeloma: diagnosis and treatment

SV Rajkumar, S Kumar - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2016 - Elsevier
The diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma has changed dramatically in the past
decade. The disease definition has been updated to include highly specific biomarkers in …

Challenges of big data analysis

J Fan, F Han, H Liu - National science review, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Big Data bring new opportunities to modern society and challenges to data scientists. On the
one hand, Big Data hold great promises for discovering subtle population patterns and …

Reversible ON-and OFF-switch chimeric antigen receptors controlled by lenalidomide

M Jan, I Scarfò, RC Larson, A Walker… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Cell-based therapies are emerging as effective agents against cancer and other diseases.
As autonomous “living drugs,” these therapies lack precise control. Chimeric antigen …

Lenalidomide after stem-cell transplantation for multiple myeloma

PL McCarthy, K Owzar, CC Hofmeister… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Data are lacking on whether lenalidomide maintenance therapy prolongs the
time to disease progression after autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in …

Quadruple gene-engineered natural killer cells enable multi-antigen targeting for durable antitumor activity against multiple myeloma

F Cichocki, R Bjordahl, JP Goodridge… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell adoptive transfer is a promising treatment for several
cancers but is less effective for the treatment of multiple myeloma. In this study, we report on …

Lenalidomide combined with R-CHOP overcomes negative prognostic impact of non–germinal center B-cell phenotype in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell …

GS Nowakowski, B LaPlant, WR Macon… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Lenalidomide has significant single-agent activity in relapsed diffuse large B-cell
lymphoma (DLBCL). We demonstrated that lenalidomide can be safely combined with R …

Immunomodulatory drugs in multiple myeloma: mechanisms of action and clinical experience

SA Holstein, PL McCarthy - Drugs, 2017 - Springer
Over the last two decades, the outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma, a plasma cell
malignancy, have dramatically improved. The development of the immunomodulatory drugs …

Drug repurposing in oncology—patient and health systems opportunities

F Bertolini, VP Sukhatme, G Bouche - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2015 - nature.com
In most countries, healthcare service budgets are not likely to support the current explosion
in the cost of new oncology drugs. Repurposing the large arsenal of approved, non …

Cancer therapies based on targeted protein degradation—lessons learned with lenalidomide

M Jan, AS Sperling, BL Ebert - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2021 - nature.com
For decades, anticancer targeted therapies have been designed to inhibit kinases or other
enzyme classes and have profoundly benefited many patients. However, novel approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

M Dimopoulos, A Spencer, M Attal… - … England Journal of …, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Lenalidomide is a structural analogue of thalidomide with similar but more
potent biologic activity. This phase 3, placebo-controlled trial investigated the efficacy of …