A triple combination treatment — dendritic cell vaccination plus Revlimid (lenalidomide) and an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor — led to stronger anti-tumor immune responses against myeloma…
Myeloma
Myeloma is a rare blood cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for producing antibodies that help fight off infectious pathogens and other threats.
While myeloma treatment can drive the disease into remission, sometimes for long periods of time, the cancer will often come back after a few months or years, and additional treatments will be needed.
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Takeda‘s proteasome inhibitor Ninlaro (ixazomib) prevents multiple myeloma from progressing or returning when given as a maintenance therapy to patients who responded to first-line therapy…
Multiple myeloma patients whose cancer progresses early after first-line therapy have a greater economic burden compared to those whose disease progresses later, a recent study…
Twice‐weekly Ninlaro (ixazomib) plus Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone can improve long-term outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed multiple…
Prescribing information for Kyprolis (carfilzomib) in the U.S. will now include positive survival data from the ASPIRE Phase 3 clinical trial, which found treatment significantly…
Genetic analysis of multiple myeloma DNA from two different sources present in blood samples provides researchers equally relevant cancer information as more invasive bone marrow…
