Melphalan, prednisone, and lenalidomide treatment for newly diagnosed myeloma: a report from the GIMEMA--Italian Multiple Myeloma Network.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on September 04, 2007

Authors

Antonio Palumbo1, Patrizia Falco, Paolo Corradini, Antonietta Falcone, Francesco Di Raimondo, Nicola Giuliani, Claudia Crippa, Giovannino Ciccone, Paola Omedè, Maria Teresa Ambrosini, Francesca Gay, Sara Bringhen, Pellegrino Musto, Robin Foà, Robert Knight, Jerome B Zeldis, Mario Boccadoro, Maria Teresa Petrucci, GIMEMA--Italian Multiple Myeloma Network

Author Affiliations

1: Divisione di Ematologia dell'Università di Torino, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy. appalumbo@yahoo.com

Associated clinical trials:

Study of Bendamustine, Lenalidomide and Low-dose Dexamethasone, for the Treatment of Patients With Relapsed Myeloma | NCT01686386

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