What is your preferred maintenance strategy for high risk multiple myeloma?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
Ok. First off, what is high risk in the setting of maintenance therapy? I define high risk in this area as R-ISS 3 [incl t(14;20)], ≥ 5% circulating PCs, extramedullary disease [except salivary glands], hypodiploidy, or karyotypic t(8;22). We frequently argue about this definition since there is ...
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Medical Oncologist at University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Agreed on all fronts, including this being a relat...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
A loaded question for sure. One thing I can say with a fair amount of confidence is that most patients with high risk disease (I like the inclusive definition of high risk used in the SWOG S1211 study) will be undertreated with single agent maintenance alone. For context, the median PFS was 47 month...
Agreed on all fronts, including this being a relat...