Will quadruplet therapy become the standard induction therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma?
Currently, standard induction therapy in the U.S. for the disease is a triple therapy of lenalidomide (Revlimid), bortezomib (Velcade), and dexamethasone (RVd), followed by stem cell transplantation in eligible patients and maintenance therapy with either lenalidomide or bortezomib.
Investigators are now evaluating how the addition of daratumumab (Darzalex), a monoclonal antibody targeting CD38, to triplet therapy can improve outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed myeloma. We want regimens that produce the longest disease-free or progression-free survival, because they predict the best outcomes, including long-term survival, said Rafael Fonseca, MD, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. And you do that by achieving the deepest response possible, so getting the deepest response is the most important thing for a frontline regimen at the mom
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At the beginning of the pandemic, skipping routine screenings seemed like a good idea. Now experts say there may be dire consequences.
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Last March, when the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic, many medical facilities shuttered themselves to everyone but those suffering from the virus or in need of necessary medical care.
The thinking: Spare medical facilities for the unfolding emergency and avoid exposing people seeking nonemergency medical care to the virus. Preventive care could wait.
But as the pandemic raged on, concern grew among cancer experts around one issue in particular: screening.
Cancer screening provides one of the best ways to find cancer early, at a time when it s most treatable. With few exceptions, multiple cancer screening tests are recommended for early cancer detection across any adult’s lifetime.