Multiple myeloma treatment strategies with novel agents in 2011: a European perspective.

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Published in Oncologist on March 26, 2011

Authors

Heinz Ludwig1, Meral Beksac, Joan Bladé, Jamie Cavenagh, Michele Cavo, Michel Delforge, Meletios Dimopoulos, Johannes Drach, Hermann Einsele, Thierry Facon, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Jean-Luc Harousseau, Urs Hess, Martin Kropff, Fernando Leal da Costa, Vernon Louw, Hila Magen-Nativ, Larisa Mendeleeva, Hareth Nahi, Torben Plesner, Jesús San-Miguel, Pieter Sonneveld, Miklos Udvardy, Pia Sondergeld, Antonio Palumbo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine I, Center of Oncology and Hematology, Wilhelminenspital, Montleartstr. 37, 1160 Vienna, Austria. heinz.ludwig@wienkav.at

Associated clinical trials:

Randomized Trial of Lenalidomide, Bortezomib, Dexamethasone vs High-Dose Treatment With SCT in MM Patients up to Age 65 (DFCI 10-106) | NCT01208662

Study to Compare VMP With HDM Followed by VRD Consolidation and Lenalidomide Maintenance in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (HO95) | NCT01208766

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