Have drug combinations supplanted stem cell transplantation in myeloma?

Blood

Volumn 120, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 4692-4698

  Palumbo, Antonio ^a   Cavallo, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORTEZOMIB; CARFILZOMIB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; LENALIDOMIDE; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE;

AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84870744891     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-05-423202     Document Type: Review

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