Clarithromycin overcomes resistance to lenalidomide and dexamethasone in multiple myeloma

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ghosh, Nilanjan ^a   Tucker, Noah ^b   Zahurak, Marianna ^b   Wozney, Jocelyn ^b   Borrello, Ivan ^b   Huff, Carol Ann ^b  

^a LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORTEZOMIB; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LENALIDOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THALIDOMIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904384450     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23733     Document Type: Article

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