Patterns of relapse and outcome of elderly multiple myeloma patients treated as front-line therapy with novel agents combinations

Patterns of relapse and outcome of elderly multiple myeloma patients treated as front-line therapy with novel agents combinations

We report the characteristics of relapse, treatment response, and outcomes of 145 elderly patients with multiple myeloma in first relapse after front-line treatment with VMP or VTP. Reappearance of CRAB symptoms (113 patients) and more aggressive forms of disease (32 patients) were the most common p...

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Main Authors: Aurelio Lopez, Maria-Victoria Mateos, Albert Oriol, Marta Valero, Joaquín Martínez, Jose Ignacio Lorenzo, Montserrat Perez, Rafael Martinez, Raquel de Paz, Miguel Granell, Felipe De Arriba, M. Jesús Blanchard, Francisco Javier Peñalver, Jose Luis Bello, Maria Luisa Martin, Joan Bargay, Joan Blade, Juan Jose Lahuerta, Jesús F. San Miguel, Javier de la Rubia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Leukemia Research Reports
Subjects:
Relapsed myeloma
Elderly patients
Patterns of relapse
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213048915300133

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