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SUBMITTER: Bailey H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4603728 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bailey Hanna H Stenehjem David D DD Sharma Sunil S
Journal of blood medicine 20151008
Multiple myeloma is a malignancy involving plasma cell proliferation within the bone marrow. Survival of patients diagnosed with myeloma has significantly improved in the last decade, following the approval of novel agents. Despite great strides achieved in the management of multiple myeloma, it is still considered an incurable disease as the majority of patients relapse after initiation of therapy. Additionally, the duration of response generally decreases with an increasing number of therapy l ...[more]