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Epoetin Alfa Treatment Improves Quality of Life and Increases Hemoglobin Levels during Chemotherapy for Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and Multiple Myeloma (MM) Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Anemia
Presenter: David J. StrausPresenter's Affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/ Procrit Hematologic Malignancies Study GroupType of Session: ScientificBackground Anemia affects up to 80% of patients with hematologic malignancies. While...
Low-Dose Thalidomide and Dexamethasone Improves Survival in Advanced Multiple Myeloma
Presenter: Antonio PalumboPresenter's Affiliation: Divisione di Ematologia dell'Unversita di TorinoType of Session: ScientificBackground The standard treatment for multiple myeloma (MM)for decades had been melphalan and prednisone. High dose...
Non-Myeloablative Radio-Immunotherapy With a Iodine-131-Tagged Anti-CD30 Antibody (131I-Ki-4) in Patients With Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Presenter: Roland SchnellPresenter's Affiliation: University of CologneType of Session: ScientificBackground Relapsed Hodgkin's Disease (HD) has a poor prognosis. More treatment alternatives are neeeded. HD is a good target for immunotherapy...
Replicating Attenuated Measles Virus Can Be Engineered to Enter Cells Through the CD20 Antigen
Presenter: Adele FieldingPresenter's Affiliation: Mayo ClinicType of Session: ScientificBackground In laboratory models of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL), attenuated measles virus (MV) has been found to have therapeutic potential as a replicating,...
Time to First Progression Is the Best Predictor of Survival Duration in SWOG Standard Dose Chemotherapy Studies
Presenter: Brian G.M. DuriePresenter's Affiliation: SWOGType of Session: ScientificBackground Multiple myeloma has been treated with combination chemotherapy for years. Various regimens have various response rates and have been used in the past to...
Zoledronic Acid, Hypocalcemia and Renal Dysfunction in Thalidomide-Treated Myeloma Patients
Presenter: Bethan MyersPresenter's Affiliation: Queen's Medical Centre, University Hospital, NottinghamType of Session: ScientificBackground Zoledronic acid (Zometa) is a new bisphosphonate hundreds to thousands of times more potent than it's...
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