Myeloma UK and the UK Spinal Myeloma Working Group have jointly published a paper on the optimal management of spinal disease in myeloma patients. Published in the British Journal of Haematology, the article provides an overview of the treatment and management options for spinal myeloma disease and highlights the role of defined pathways to enable the…
This paper, produced by an expert panel of the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG), provides consensus updates on the disease definition of myeloma which now include validated biomarkers in addition to the presence of the traditional ‘CRAB’ criteria.
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