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ReviewBlood cancer journal2022

Smoldering multiple myeloma current treatment algorithms.

S Vincent Rajkumar, Shaji Kumar, Sagar Lonial, Maria Victoria Mateos

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Review in Blood cancer journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Knockdown of caspase-activated DNase and B-cell lymphoma 2 inhibits cell proliferation and drug resistance in TP53-mutant multiple myeloma.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

S Vincent RajkumarDivision of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. rajkumar.vincent@mayo.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5862-1833
Shaji KumarDivision of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5392-9284
Sagar LonialDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8322-9323
Maria Victoria MateosDepartment of Hematology, and Center for Cancer Research, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2390-1218
Centro de Investigación del Cáncer · ESEmory University · USMayo Clinic · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

Project 4: Targeting Resistance to T-Cell Directed Therapy in Multiple MyelomaP50CA186781 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA · PI Rafael Fonseca · 2015 to 2026
$25.5M
Onset and biomarkers for progression of monoclonal gammopathiesR01CA168762 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI KUMAR, SHAJI KUNNATHU, RAJKUMAR, S VINCENT · 2012 to 2024
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA186781NCI NIH HHS R01 CA168762
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is an asymptomatic condition that occupies a space between monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and multiple myeloma (MM) along the spectrum of clonal plasma cell proliferative disorders. It is not a biologic intermediate stage between MGUS and MM, but rather represents a heterogeneous clinically defined condition in which some patients (approximately two-thirds) have MGUS (pre-malignancy), and some (approximately one-third) have MM (biologic malignancy). Unfortunately, no single pathologic or molecular feature can reliably distinguish these two groups of patients. For purposes of practice and clinical trials, specific risk factors are used to identify patients with SMM in whom malignant transformation has already likely occurred (high risk SMM). Patients with newly diagnosed high risk SMM should be offered therapy with lenalidomide or lenalidomide plus dexamethasone (Rd) for 2 years, or enrollment in clinical trials. Patients with low risk SMM should be observed without therapy every 3-4 months.

Indexed as

Biological ProductsMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceMultiple MyelomaParaproteinemiasSmoldering Multiple MyelomaAlgorithmsDisease ProgressionHumansLenalidomideBiological ProductsLenalidomide

Identifiers

PMID36064707
PMCPMC9445066
OpenAlexW4294599687

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