New approaches to smoldering myeloma

Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 270-276

  Mateos, María Victoria ^a   San Miguel, Jesús F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Smoldering myeloma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELOTUZUMAB; IXAZOMIB CITRATE; LENALIDOMIDE; MELPHALAN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PREDNISONE; SILTUXIMAB; THALIDOMIDE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; RISK; SMOLDERING MULTIPLE MYELOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890562130     PISSN: 15588211     EISSN: 1558822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11899-013-0174-1     Document Type: Article

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