Multiple Myeloma

Novel therapeutic approaches for myeloma are needed

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 18th, 2003

Novel therapeutic approaches for myeloma are needed.

"Multiple myeloma remains largely incurable despite conventional and high-dose therapies, and so novel biologically based treatment approaches are urgently required," researchers in the United States report.

"Recent studies have characterized the molecular mechanisms by which multiple myeloma cell-host bone-marrow interactions regulate tumor cell growth, survival and migration in the bone-marrow microenvironment," wrote T. Hideshima and colleagues, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center.

The researchers concluded: "These studies have not only...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-03-18)

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