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Thalidomide-dexamethasone compared with melphalan-prednisolone in elderly patients with multiple myeloma

Authors

LUDWIG Heinz HÁJEK Roman TÓTHOVÁ Elena DRACH Johannes ADAM Zdeněk LABAR Boris EGYED Miklós ŠPIČKA Ivan GISSLINGER Heinz GREIL Richard KUHN Ingrid ZOJER Niklas HINKE Axel

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Blood
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Oncology and hematology
Keywords multiple myeloma; thalidomide; dexamethasone; melphalane; prednisone
Description We compared thalidomide-dexamethasone with melphalan-prednisolone in 289 elderly patients with multiple myeloma. This is the first trial to compare TD with MP in elderly patients. Results in the TD group showed a significantly higher rate of very good responses (CR and VGPR) and significantly shorter time to response with no difference in time to progression and in progression-free survival.
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