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SUBMITTER: Mouhieddine TH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7293239 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Nature communications 20200612 1
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma-cell neoplasm that is treated with high-dose chemotherapy, autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) and long-term immunomodulatory drug (IMiD) maintenance. The presence of somatic mutations in the peripheral blood is termed clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and is associated with adverse outcomes. Targeted sequencing of the stem cell product from 629 MM patients treated by ASCT at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2003-2011) detects CHIP in 13 ...[more]