Impact of marital status, insurance status, income, and race/ethnicity on the survival of younger patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma in the United States
Sociodemographic factors that potentially affect care, but not race/ethnicity, were found to influence the survival of younger patients with MM.
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American Society of Hematology 2016 Annual Meeting
Session 731. Clinical Autologous Transplantation: Results: Clinical Autologous Transplantation in Myeloma I
American Society of Hematology 2016 Annual Meeting
Session 653. Myeloma: Therapy, excluding Transplantation: IMiD/Proteasome Inhibitor Combinations and Maintenance Therapy
American Society of Hematology 2016 Annual Meeting
Abstract 1143: Lenalidomide Is a Highly Effective Maintenance Therapy in Myeloma Patients of All Ages; Results of the Phase III Myeloma XI Study
American Society of Hematology 2016 Annual Meeting
Abstract 673: Intensification Therapy with Bortezomib-Melphalan-Prednisone Versus Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: An Intergroup, Multicenter, Phase III Study of the European Myeloma Network (EMN02/HO95 MM Trial)
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