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Which patients with smoldering myeloma do you treat?

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Medical Oncology · Hackensack University Medical Center
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Let me address the last comment regarding treatment of high risk smoldering myeloma. IF one thinks that the patient requires treatment for myeloma, why treat with a regimen that is NOT the preferred treatment for myeloma? For example, lenalidomide alone or lenalidomide/dexamethasone. If this were "a...

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Medical Oncology · Yale Cancer Center
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We now have a good understanding of disease heterogeneity in smoldering multiple myeloma. As demonstrated by the Mayo Clinic in 2018 with the "20/2/20" revised risk stratification (bone marrow plasma cells > 20%, M-protein > 2g/dL, and serum free light chain ratio > 20), patients with low risk disea...

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