Radiation Oncology

Myeloma

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How do you approach pelvic radiation therapy for a patient with multiple myeloma who needs more intensive therapy (e.g., Dara-KRd or impending CAR-T) with a risk of cytopenias?

For example, a large iliac or sacral plasmacytoma causing symptoms. Both medical oncologists and radiation oncologists get nervous about RT-related cy...

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Are there any circumstances where you recommend early institution of systemic therapy for patients with solitary plasmacytoma?

Specifically, do you offer closer follow-up for certain patients after local radiation?

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Would you recommend radiation to a painful rib fracture in a patient with multiple myeloma on systemic therapy with ongoing response to treatment?

Is there benefit to radiation on top of systemic therapy?

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Does multiple myeloma become more radioresistant post transplant?

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In a patient with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia doing well and feeling better on ibrutinib & rituximab, but with a rising IgM, do you switch treatment or continue?

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Can post op RT be omitted in a surgically repaired pathological fracture site in multiple myeloma if the patient will receive systemic therapy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Strahlenther Onkol, 2017 Jun 01

Single vs. multiple fraction regimens for palliative radiotherapy treatment of multiple myeloma : A prospective randomised study.

Blood, 2023 Nov 30

Impact of cytogenetic abnormalities on the risk of disease progression in solitary bone plasmacytomas.

Cancer, 2011-10-01

Solitary plasmacytomas: outcome and prognostic factors after definitive radiation therapy.

BMC Cancer, 2006 May 05

Prognostic factors in solitary plasmacytoma of the bone: a multicenter Rare Cancer Network study.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 1998-07-15

Solitary bone plasmacytoma: outcome and prognostic factors following radiotherapy.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2006-01-01

Outcomes and patterns of failure in solitary plasmacytoma: a multicenter Rare Cancer Network study of 258 patients.

Blood, 2014 May 29

Multiparameter flow cytometry for staging of solitary bone plasmacytoma: new criteria for risk of progression to myeloma.

Blood, 2014 Jun 17

Outcome prediction in plasmacytoma of bone: a risk model utilizing bone marrow flow cytometry and light-chain analysis.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2011 Jan 27

Multi-institutional analysis of solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the head and neck treated with curative radiotherapy.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2024 Oct 27

Irradiated Bone Marrow Volume is Associated with Hematologic Toxicity in Patients with Multiple Myeloma.

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