An Analysis Of Toxicities And Time to Engraftment Associated With Three Distinct Melphalan Treatment Schemas In Patients With Multiple Myeloma Receiving Autologous Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation

Cyclophosphamide plus dexamethasone is a

Cyclophosphamide plus dexamethasone is an efficient initial treatment before high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma : Results of a randomized comparison with vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone

✍ Ulf-Henrik Mellqvist; Stig Lenhoff; Hans E. Johnsen; Martin Hjorth; Erik Holmber 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 153 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Today, intensive therapy that includes high‐dose melphalan with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is considered standard therapy in younger patients with newly diagnosed myeloma. When the current trial was initiated, combined vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexame