BSH 2017: Myeloma XI
Maintenance therapy with lenalidomide can improve PFS in patients with newly-diagnosed MM by almost two years compared with observation alone, in patients of all ages and all risk… read more.
Maintenance therapy with lenalidomide can improve PFS in patients with newly-diagnosed MM by almost two years compared with observation alone, in patients of all ages and all risk… read more.
High-risk multiple myeloma (MM) continues to pose a challenge to haematologists both in terms of diagnostics and therapy. Opening the UK Myeloma Forum at the 2017 BSH annual… read more.
Studies show that MM patients who achieve minimal residual disease on treatment have longer PFS and OS than those who do not…
Article written by Tom Collins. Interview by Esther Drain. With technology that allows clinicians to determine minimal residual disease negativity down to the 10-6 level, the word “cure” hangs… read more.
by Gary Finnegan A nationwide study of head and neck cancers in France has revealed that the true burden of the disease is underestimated by at least one-third,… read more.
By Bruce Sylvester Duloxetine (Cymbalta ®), a widely-used treatment for depression and anxiety, appears to reduce joint pain in postmenopausal women being treated for early stage breast cancer,… read more.
by Christine Clark ISHL 2016 Professor Joseph Connors (Vancouver) speaks about the session at ISHL10 where a world view of the management of Hodgkin lymphoma was discussed. There… read more.
Survival was more than 2 years shorter in breast, prostate cancers. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had a 40% to 50% increased mortality risk if they developed breast… read more.
Consolidation and maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma: is it the new standard? Professor Antonio Palumbo (University of Turin, Italy) and Professor Paul Richardson (Harvard Medical School, Boston,… read more.
Preventing clonal evolution in multiple myeloma – evidence from clinical trials by Maria Dalby Professor Roman Hájek from the Czech Republic discussed the clinical implications of clonal evolution… read more.
How monoclonal antibodies will change the treatment of multiple myeloma by Maria Dalby Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France Meletios Dimopoulos, University of Athens School of… read more.