Myeloma Paper of the Day

Myeloma Paper of the Day, September 13th, 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:

iStopMM shows smoldering MM patients had more infections (HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.07-1.73), antibacterial Rxs (1.24, 1.01-1.52) vs. comparators; SMM vs. MGUS had more infections (1.37, 1.00-1.87); immunoparesis contributes to the association.”

Title: Increased risk of infections in smoldering multiple myeloma: results from the screened iStopMM study

Authors: Lærke Sloth Andersen, Ricardo Berenguer Navarro, Sara Ekberg, Sæmundur Rögnvaldsson, Marína Rós Levy, Ingigerður Sólveig Sverrisdóttir, Brynjar Viðarsson, Páll Torfi Önundarson, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Margrét Sigurðardóttir, Ingunn Þorsteinsdóttir, Ísleifur Ólafsson, Ásdís Rósa Þórðardóttir, Elías Eyþórsson, Ásbjörn Jónsson, Andri Ólafsson, Brian G. M. Durie, Stephen Harding, Ola Landgren, Thorvardur Jón Löve, Sigurður Yngvi Kristinsson, Sigrún Thorsteinsdóttir

You can read the Full Article in Leukemia.

Myeloma Paper of the Day, September 13th, Suggested by Robert Orlowski

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