Lack of correlation between emergence of an abnormal protein band or of oligoclonal bands and survival in patients with multiple myeloma achieving complete remission following autologous stem cell transplantation

Haematologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Byrne, Elizabeth ^a   Giles, Chrissy ^a   Andrews, Joanne ^a   Rahemtulla, Amin ^a   Naresh, Kikkeri N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASCT; Multiple myeloma; Oligoclonal band; Protein band

Indexed keywords

BORTEZOMIB; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LENALIDOMIDE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; THALIDOMIDE;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 79953880163     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2011.041509     Document Type: Letter

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