Intermediate-dose melphalan improves survival of myeloma patients aged 50 to 70: results of a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Blood on July 20, 2004

Authors

Antonio Palumbo1, Sara Bringhen, Maria Teresa Petrucci, Pellegrino Musto, Fausto Rossini, Martina Nunzi, Vito Michele Lauta, Cesare Bergonzi, Anna Barbui, Tommaso Caravita, Antonio Capaldi, Patrizia Pregno, Tommasina Guglielmelli, Mariella Grasso, Vincenzo Callea, Alessandra Bertola, Federica Cavallo, Patrizia Falco, Cecilia Rus, Massimo Massaia, Franco Mandelli, Angelo Michele Carella, Enrico Pogliani, Anna Marina Liberati, Franco Dammacco, Giovannino Ciccone, Mario Boccadoro

Author Affiliations

1: Divisione di Ematologia dell'Università di Torino, Ospedale Molinette, Via Genova 3, 10126 Torino, Italy.

Associated clinical trials:

Auto Transplant High Dose Melphalan vs High Dose Melphalan+Bortezomib in Pts With Multiple Myeloma Age 65 Years or Older | NCT01453088

Tandem Auto Stem Cell Transplant With Melphalan Followed by Melphalan and Bortezomib in Patients With Multiple Myeloma ((Mel/MelVel)) | NCT01241708

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