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How would you treat non-secretory myeloma in an inpatient setting?

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Medical Oncology · University of Miami

This entity is rare with the use of free light chain assay. About 2% of all cases are non-secretory. In A Greek study, they were younger, less anemic, and had less often renal dysfunction and less extensive bone marrow infiltration. Presence and extent of bone disease were similar, however, hypercal...

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Medical Oncology · University of Kansas Medical Center

Let me break up the question into the following scenarios as I am assuming the patient is newly diagnosed:

- If the patient is Newly diagnosed Non-secretory myeloma (NDNSMM (no end organ damage), I will consider treatment outpatient with a possibility to bridge him with pulse dexamethasone until PT...

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