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May 27, 2025, 09:05

Myeloma Paper of the Day, May 27th, suggested by Robert Orlowski

Robert Orlowski, Deputy Chair of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Vice Chair of MM Research and Florence Maude Thomas Cancer Research Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared a post on X:

“Myeloma Paper of the Day: Study of attrition rates and treatment outcomes in myeloma finds they declined from 38-55% in the 1980s to 15-20% in 2010-2020, but remain high in older patients, with 46.9% of those over 80 unable to proceed beyond first LOT.”

Title: Attrition rates and treatment outcomes in multiple myeloma: real-world data over a 40-year period

Authors: Luis Gerardo Rodríguez-Lobato, Anna de Daniel, Arturo Pereira, Carlos Fernández de Larrea, Natalia Tovar, M. Teresa Cibeira, David F. Moreno, Jose Miguel Mateos, Noemí Llobet, Esther Carcelero, Daniel Munárriz, Joan Bladé, Laura Rosiñol

You can read the Full Article in Blood Cancer Journal.

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