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 …

Multiple myeloma: 2016 update on diagnosis, risk‐stratification, and management

SV Rajkumar - American journal of hematology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple myeloma accounts for approximately 10% of hematologic malignancies. The
diagnosis requires≥ 10% clonal bone marrow plasma cells or a biopsy proven …

Lenalidomide maintenance versus observation for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (Myeloma XI): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

GH Jackson, FE Davies, C Pawlyn, DA Cairns… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with multiple myeloma treated with lenalidomide maintenance therapy
have improved progression-free survival, primarily following autologous stem-cell …

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 …

Oral ixazomib maintenance following autologous stem cell transplantation (TOURMALINE-MM3): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

MA Dimopoulos, F Gay, F Schjesvold, M Beksac… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Maintenance therapy following autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT)
can delay disease progression and prolong survival in patients with multiple myeloma …

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 …

Management of newly diagnosed symptomatic multiple myeloma: updated Mayo Stratification of Myeloma and Risk-Adapted Therapy (mSMART) consensus …

JR Mikhael, D Dingli, V Roy, CB Reeder, FK Buadi… - Mayo Clinic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Multiple myeloma remains an incurable neoplasm of plasma cells that affects more than
20,000 people annually in the United States. There has been a veritable revolution in this …

Bortezomib induction and maintenance treatment in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: results of the randomized phase III HOVON-65/GMMG-HD4 trial

P Sonneveld, IGH Schmidt-Wolf… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We investigated whether bortezomib during induction and maintenance improves
survival in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM). Patients and Methods In all, 827 …

Lenalidomide maintenance after stem-cell transplantation for multiple myeloma

M Attal, V Lauwers-Cances, G Marit… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation is a
standard treatment for young patients with multiple myeloma. Residual disease is almost …

Frontline therapy of multiple myeloma

P Moreau, M Attal, T Facon - … Journal of the American Society of …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
In the past decade, one of the major advances in the management of patients with
symptomatic newly diagnosed multiple myeloma has been the introduction of novel agents …