General

Individual Trade-Offs Between Possible Benefits and Risks of Cancer Treatments: Results from a Stated Preference Study with Patients with Multiple Myeloma. Postmus D et al. Oncologist. 2017 Oct 27. pii: theoncologist.2017-0257. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0257. [Epub ahead of print]. Immunoparesis and polyclonal immunoglobulin recovery after auto-SCT for patients with multiple myeloma treated at a single institution. Jimenez-Zepeda VH et al. Leuk Lymphoma. 2017 Nov 21:1-7. doi:…

Current treatments

Final analysis of survival outcomes in the randomized phase 3 FIRST trial. Facon T et al. Blood. 2017 Nov 17. pii: blood-2017-07-795047. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-07-795047. [Epub ahead of print]. High-dose BCNU/Melphalan conditioning regimen before autologous stem cell transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Sivaraj D et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Oct 30. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2017.208. [Epub ahead of print]. An overview of the…

Complications of myeloma and its treatments

Nonmyelomatous Ascites Resulting from the Increased Secretion of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Multiple Myeloma. Maki H et al. Intern Med. 2017 Nov 20. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.8886-17. [Epub ahead of print]. Severe Hypoglycemia Caused by Lenalidomide. Przybylski DJ et al. Pharmacotherapy. 2017 Nov 20. doi: 10.1002/phar.2061. [Epub ahead of print]. Cardiovascular complications of multiple myeloma in the elderly. Mathur P et al. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2017 Nov…

Myeloma UK study of patient preferences published

Results from a Myeloma UK study, in which myeloma patients participated in a survey to determine individual preferences for treatment outcomes, have been published in The Oncologist. The survey, which was based on multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) and swing weighting, asked patients to state their preference for the following outcomes of treatment; an increase in…