General

Haematological cancer: Optimizing the treatment of multiple myeloma. Morgan GJ et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2014 Oct 28. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.185. [Epub ahead of print]. The Role of Bendamustine in the Management of Plasma Cell Myeloma. Gertz MA. Leuk Lymphoma. 2014 Oct 27:1-5. [Epub ahead of print]. Non-hodgkin lymphoma risk and insecticide, fungicide and fumigant…

Complications of myeloma and its treatments

Multiple myeloma and infections: a population-based study on 9253 multiple myeloma patients. Blimark C et al. Haematologica. 2014 Oct 24. pii: haematol.2014.107714. [Epub ahead of print]. Drug-Induced Modulation of T Lymphocytes as a Potential Mechanism of Susceptibility to Infections in Patients with Multiple Myeloma During Bortezomib Therapy. Li J et al. Cell Biochem Biophys. 2014…

Current treatments

Cyclophosphamide-based hematopoietic stem cell mobilization before autologous stem cell transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Tuchman SA et al. J Clin Apher. 2014 Oct 8. doi: 10.1002/jca.21360. [Epub ahead of print]. Improved response rates with bortezomib in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: an observational study in chinese patients. Lin M et al. Adv Ther. 2014…

Supportive care

A phase 1/2 study of an adjuvanted varicella-zoster virus subunit candidate vaccine in adult autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplant recipients. Stadtmauer EA et al. Blood. 2014 Sep 18. pii: blood-2014-04-573048. [Epub ahead of print]. Aprepitant, Granisetron, and Dexamethasone for Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting After High-Dose Melphalan in Autologous Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma: Results of…

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Harnessing the immune system for cancer therapy. Smith EL et al. Curr Opin Oncol. 2014 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print]. CCN1: a sticky issue in myeloma. Roodman GD. Blood. 2014 Sep 25;124(13):2006-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-08-592303. Appraising Myc involvement in high risk myeloma. Kastritis E et al. Leuk Lymphoma. 2014 Sep 26:1-5. [Epub ahead of print].…

Complications of myeloma and its treatments

Serum immunoglobulin free light chains and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder among allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Engels EA et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2014 Sep 29. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2014.213. [Epub ahead of print]. Prevalence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in multiple myeloma: A prospective study. Kashyap R et al. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol. 2014 Sep 22.…

Current treatments

Lenalidomide and dexamethasone in transplant-ineligible patients with myeloma. Benboubker L et al. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 4;371(10):906-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1402551. Bortezomib-thalidomide-dexamethasone versus bortezomib-cyclophosphamide-dexamethasone as induction therapy prior to autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma. Moreau P et al. Br J Haematol. 2014 Sep 19. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13128. [Epub ahead of print]. Bortezomib, thalidomide and…

Related conditions

Diffuse Parenchymal Pulmonary Amyloidosis Showing an Objective Response to Bortezomib-based Chemotherapy. Higo H et al. Intern Med. 2014;53(16):1809-12. Epub 2014 Aug 15. Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis is diagnosed late in patients with preexisting plasma cell dyscrasias. Kourelis TV et al. Am J Hematol. 2014 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23827. [Epub ahead of print]. Immunophenotypic analysis of…