Benefits and Risks of Transplantation: The Changing Therapeutic Paradigm for Multiple Myeloma: A Conversation With Paul G. Richardson, MD
Although high-dose chemotherapy plus autologous transplantation has been a standard of care in the treatment of younger patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, the advent of effective novel agents for the cancer over the past 15 years has raised the question of whether transplantation, with its myriad toxicities, is still necessary.
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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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