Diagnosis and management of multiple myeloma: a review

AJ Cowan, DJ Green, M Kwok, S Lee, DG Coffey… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multiple myeloma is a hematologic malignancy characterized by presence of
abnormal clonal plasma cells in the bone marrow, with potential for uncontrolled growth …

Prognostic and predictive biomarker developments in multiple myeloma

CT Wallington-Beddoe, RL Mynott - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
New approaches to stratify multiple myeloma patients based on prognosis and therapeutic
decision-making, or prediction, are needed since patients are currently managed in a similar …

Efficacy of venetoclax as targeted therapy for relapsed/refractory t (11; 14) multiple myeloma

S Kumar, JL Kaufman, C Gasparetto… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Venetoclax is a selective, orally bioavailable BCL-2 inhibitor that induces cell death in
multiple myeloma (MM) cells, particularly in those harboring t (11; 14), which express high …

Treatment of multiple myeloma with high-risk cytogenetics: a consensus of the International Myeloma Working Group

P Sonneveld, H Avet-Loiseau, S Lonial… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Abstract The International Myeloma Working Group consensus updates the definition for
high-risk (HR) multiple myeloma based on cytogenetics Several cytogenetic abnormalities …

Genomic complexity of multiple myeloma and its clinical implications

S Manier, KZ Salem, J Park, DA Landau… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2017 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a genetically complex disease that evolves from pre-malignant
stages, such as monoclonal gammaopathy of undetermined significance and smouldering …

Mutational spectrum, copy number changes, and outcome: results of a sequencing study of patients with newly diagnosed myeloma

BA Walker, EM Boyle, CP Wardell, A Murison… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose At the molecular level, myeloma is characterized by copy number abnormalities
and recurrent translocations into the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus. Novel methods …

Multiple myeloma, version 3.2021, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

SK Kumar, NS Callander, K Adekola… - Journal of the National …, 2020 - jnccn.org
Multiple myeloma is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells that accumulate in bone marrow,
leading to bone destruction and marrow failure. This manuscript discusses the management …

Continued improvement in survival in multiple myeloma: changes in early mortality and outcomes in older patients

SK Kumar, A Dispenzieri, MQ Lacy, MA Gertz, FK Buadi… - Leukemia, 2014 - nature.com
Therapy for multiple myeloma (MM) has markedly changed in the past decade with the
introduction of new drugs, but it is not clear whether the improvements have been sustained …

Co-evolution of tumor and immune cells during progression of multiple myeloma

R Liu, Q Gao, SM Foltz, JS Fowles, L Yao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of plasma cells.
Despite recent treatment advances, it is still incurable as disease progression is not fully …

Cell of origin and genetic alterations in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma

BG Barwick, VA Gupta, PM Vertino… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
B cell activation and differentiation yields plasma cells with high affinity antibodies to a given
antigen in a time-frame that allows for host protection. Although the end product is most …