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ArticleHematology reports2023

Frail Multiple Myeloma Patients Deserve More Than Just a Score.

Hannah Louise Miller, Faye Amelia Sharpley

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Article in Hematology reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. How First-Line Therapy is Changing in non-Transplant Eligible Multiple Myeloma Patients.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hannah Louise MillerChristie @ Macclesfield, Macclesfield Hospital, Victoria Road, Macclesfield SK10 3BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2952-9384
Faye Amelia SharpleyChristie @ Macclesfield, Macclesfield Hospital, Victoria Road, Macclesfield SK10 3BL, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frailty is a hot topic in the field of multiple myeloma (MM). Clinicians have realised that frail myeloma patients can struggle with treatment, resulting in dose reductions and treatment discontinuation, which risk shorter progression-free and overall survival. Efforts have focused on the validity of existing frailty scores and on the development of new indices to identify frail patients more accurately. This review article explores the challenges of the existing frailty scores, including the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) frailty score, the revised Myeloma Co-morbidity Index (R-MCI), and the Myeloma Risk Profile (MRP). We conclude that the missing link is for frailty scoring to translate into a tool useful in real-world clinical practice. The future of frailty scores lies in their ability to be woven into clinical trials, to create a robust clinical evidence base for treatment selection and dose modification, and also to identify a cohort of patients who merit additional support from the wider MM multidisciplinary team.

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frailtyfrailty scoremultiple myeloma

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PMID36975728
PMCPMC10048422

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