Age, Infection, Cardiac Disease Linked to Early Death for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma - AJMC.com Managed Markets Network

Results from a registry study of patients from Australia and New Zealand show that 9.1% of patients with a new diagnosis of multiple myeloma die within a year of diagnosis, and infection contributed to early death in 38% of cases in which a cause of death was…

Advances in treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) have improved survival and allowed many patients to live with this disease as a chronic condition. But some groupsthe oldest patients, and those with ce… [+4145 chars]

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