For young patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who wish to be treated with lenalidomide, how do you go about harvesting their cells for an autologous transplant?
Insurance won't pay for harvesting if the transplant is not done within a year.
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
We are learning more about the natural history of SMM. Certainly for an SMM patient that is classified as "high risk", I would consider lenalidomide treatment if none of the many trials were available for this individual. In our own practice, we try exceedingly hard not to treat SMM patients off tri...
Thank you for your answer. We usually do not treat...