Front line treatment of elderly multiple myeloma in the era of novel agents

Biologics: Targets and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 99-109

  Vernon, Marie Dominique ^b   Roccaro, Aldo M ^a,c   Gay, Julie ^b   Moreau, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Dulery, Remy ^b   Facon, Thierry ^b   Ghorbrial, Irene M ^a   Leleu, Xavier ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bortezomib; Elderly; IMiDs; Multiple myeloma; Revlimid; Supportive care; Thalidomide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BORTEZOMIB; CLODRONIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IRON; LENALIDOMIDE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MELPHALAN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE; WARFARIN; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ANEMIA; ASTHENIA; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE DISEASE; BONE LESION; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; JAW DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 65349083153     PISSN: 11775475     EISSN: 11775491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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