ReviewCancers2020
Treatment of Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: Ready for Prime Time?
Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06987708 (Evaluating the Impact of a 12-month Multi-Modal Lifestyle Management Intervention on Disease Relevant Biomarkers Associated With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Evaluating the Impact of a 12-month Multi-Modal Lifestyle Management Intervention on Disease Relevant Biomarkers Associated With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance (MGUS) and Smoldering Myeloma (SM): A Prospective Intervention Pilot Study
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Serum free light chain concentration and ratio-based criterion for myeloma-defining event, in its current version, is untenable.British journal of haematology · 2026Review
- Smoldering multiple myeloma: Integrating biology and risk into management.Seminars in hematology · 2025Review
- Monoclonal Gammopathies and the Bone Marrow Microenvironment: From Bench to Bedside and Then Back Again.Hematology reports · 2023Review
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- Immune biomarkers of response to immunotherapy in patients with high-risk smoldering myeloma.Cancer cell · 2022Article
- Multiple myeloma: Detection of free monoclonal light chains by modified immunofixation electrophoresis with antisera against free light chains.Practical laboratory medicine · 2021Article
- Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Multiple Myeloma: Their Role as Active Contributors to Myeloma Progression.Cancers · 2021Review
- What Is New in the Treatment of Smoldering Multiple Myeloma?Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The current standard of care for smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is observation until there is end-organ involvement. With newer and more effective treatments available, a question that is increasingly asked is whether early intervention in patients with SMM will alter the natural history of their disease. Herein, we review the evolving definition of SMM and risk stratification models. We discuss evidence supporting early intervention for SMM-both as a preventative strategy to delay progression and as an intensive treatment strategy with a goal of potential cure. We highlight ongoing trials and focus on better defining who may require early intervention.
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