European myeloma network recommendations on the evaluation and treatment of newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma

Haematologica

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-242

  Engelhardt, Monika ^a   Terpos, Evangelos ^b   Kleber, Martina ^a   Gay, Francesca ^c   Wäsch, Ralph ^a   Morgan, Gareth ^d   Cavo, Michele ^e   van de Donk, Niels ^f   Beilhack, Andreas ^g   Bruno, Benedetto ^c   Johnsen, Hans Erik ^h   Hajek, Roman ⁱ   Driessen, Christoph ^j   Ludwig, Heinz ^k   Beksac, Meral ^l   Boccadoro, Mario ^c   Straka, Christian ^m   Brighen, Sara ^c   Gramatzki, Martin ⁿ   Larocca, Alessandra ^c   Lokhorst, Henk ^f   Magarotto, Valeria ^c   Morabito, Fortunato ^o   Dimopoulos, Meletios A ^b   Einsele, Hermann ^g   Sonneveld, Pieter ^p   Palumbo, Antonio ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^j CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^k WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^l ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m Schön Klinik Starnberger See   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^o Civic Hospital of Cosenza   (Italy)

^p ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ANTHRACYCLINE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BORTEZOMIB; CLODRONIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DENOSUMAB; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ENOXAPARIN; LENALIDOMIDE; MELPHALAN; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PREDNISONE; SERUM ALBUMIN; STEROID; THALIDOMIDE; WARFARIN; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLASMA CELL LEUKEMIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SCLEROMYXEDEMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AUTOGRAFTS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA;

EID: 84896714270     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.099358     Document Type: Article

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