Publication Date:
2009-11-20
Description:
Abstract 1811 Poster Board I-837 The prognostic significance of achieving complete remission (CR) in Multiple Myeloma (MM) has finally been accepted. However, available studies have been based on series with a median follow-up around 5 years. This time period is insufficient according to the current life expectation of MM. Aim To establish the real effect of prognosis of the different response categories in a cohort of MM patients treated with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) after long term follow up. Patients and methods Follow-up from diagnosis of 344 MM patients transplanted between 1989 and 1998 has been updated. These patients were previously included in a study aimed at establishing the post-ASCT response significance in MM and to validate the EBMT classification (Br J Haemat 2000;109:438-46). It was possible to update the follow up of 322 patients as at April 2009. At this date 99 patients were alive with a median follow-up form diagnosis of 12.5 years. Response categories and evaluated cases were: i) Complete Response (IF-) (CR), n= 84 ii) near Complete Response (EF-/IF+) (nCR), n= 66 iii) Very good partial response (VGPR) (
Print ISSN:
0006-4971
Electronic ISSN:
1528-0020
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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